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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro has visited the show accompanied by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero and museum director, Elena Ruiz |
Medieval Cartagena is the title of this temporary exhibition can be visited at the Roman Theatre.
The exhibition presents the historical reality of the city at that time, in terms of topography, settlements or specific aspects of everyday life then.
The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero and museum director, Elena Ruiz visited the exhibition this morning.
Taking as starting point the information obtained during the excavations of the Roman Theatre, the exhibition helps to understand how was the historical reality and material Cartagena, during the Middle Ages, into the processes of occupation, character and topography of settlements, or specific aspects of daily life.
The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro said that is interesting from the viewpoint of solving the archaeological heritage of Cartagena.
He also explained that the museum Teatro Romano is important because it has visitors, but mostly because it is a research center.
It has all the assets of Cartagena, and from the government always have taken care of them.
Barreiro has continued explaining that is important from two different aspects, first as tourism resources and secondly, as a research resource, and that is what has made ​​Cartagena is in the major conferences researchers.
Regarding the exhibition, the first mayor has said that since the government have been very cautious, other archaeological those who put time, not politicians.
This has made ​​it possible at this time can investigate the Cartagena Medieval, a time little known.
The excavation of the Roman Theatre has been what has allowed today to find what is shown here.
William Martin, linked to the archaeological project Roman Theatre in Cartagena since 1996 and author of this exhibition Medieval Cartagena, explained that the sample is a synthesis of research.
What we wanted to show here is a part of the history of Cartagena, the middle ages, which although less known are 800 years in time.
What characterizes this period is the scarcity of written documents so this way you can know as much a part of history, because, after all is what underpins modern Cartagena, has continued explaining the author exposure.
He also stressed that the number of archaeological materials found at this time is very high, with an impressive rigor, the result of work of many people for twenty years.
In this paper, especially we could find out how they lived in their homes, in their homes.
The exhibition deals with three thematic sections, illustrated with explanatory panels and displays of artifacts recovered from the excavation, along with drawings, photographs, documents and audiovisual:
QARTAYANA AL HALFA
The Kora Tudmir
Madina Sar to aldalus
Domestic spaces
CARTAGENA IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Bastion of Castile in the Mediterranean
The city and its suburbs
Domestic spaces
THE MIDDLE AGES IN CARTAGENA THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YEAR
MORE VISITORS CARTAGENAA questions from reporters about the growth of visitors to the port city, the response has been excellent since in two months grew by 20%, although, according to the mayor, it is a fact that should be analyzed along the year.
The media have also wondered about the candidacy for mayor of Cartagena, Barreiro has answered what I'm working here with pleasure, working for Cartagena and Cartagena, which is my devotion to what people gave me confidence four years ago, and keep working until the last day of the legislature.
Regarding the OPC Congress held in Cartagena on Thursday 19 February, the mayor stressed the great importance that all offices congress in Spain aware of the capabilities for organizing conferences having Cartagena.
At this time, since 2011 opens El Batel were held about 180 conferences, but is that in 2014 nine thousand congressmen have passed through the city.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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