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Within the schedule of the fourth quarter, also includes commissioning, from November on an initiative, Cartagena through three cultures, aimed at permanently museumization room the Castillo de la Concepción, to collect the passage of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures in the city
The Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gomez, accompanied by the manager of Cartagena Port of Cultures, Agustina Martinez, presented on Friday the schedule that has been prepared in places of tourist interpretation of the city for the last quarter of the year, backed by the good results obtained so far this year in number of visitors, a total of 291,000, an increase of 8 percent over the previous year.
In the balance that has made ​​the mayor also stressed that keeps rising foreign audiences, reaching these months by 55 percent, with the national 35 percent and 10 percent regional and local levels, and increasing more important in so far this year, especially in summer, it refers to tourists from France, up by 5 percentage points over the same period last year.
To Obdulia Gomez, the merit of these figures, largely due to special activities during these months, encouraging tourists they had multiple options when making their visits, both targeted for family audiences and the rest Profiles in his day and night version.
In this line and to continue to maintain these good results, until the end of the year are organized many activities, ranging from guided tours special during the Puente de la Hispanidad, to the staging of legends and mysteries in the Castillo de la Concepción for All Saints Day, where there will be activities for young and old.
And an initiative that is expected from starting from November in the Castillo de la Concepción, Cartagena through three cultures: Christians, Jews and Muslims.
It will consist of the permanent museological of the last room of this fortress, dedicated to medieval history, which will include the main protagonist of the city, the port, through three cultures, incorporating texts, materials (enter them, a facsimile The expulsion of the Jews in 1492, and other materials requested file and the Jewish community), and a video, which will contain the end of the Middle Ages with the Catholic kings, the Jewish expulsion and Pragmatic Moorish expulsion of the port Cartagena.
The single theme of three cultures, will target outreach and knowledge of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture in Cartagena.
To do activities for adults and children, to be presented at the Castillo de la Concepción, they will be scheduled once the new space is incorporated into our rooms dedicated to medieval history.
PILAR ACTIVITIES
To mark the Puente de la Hispanidad have scheduled a series of special activities, with special opening on Monday 12 October, festive, where the Roman Theatre, Barrio Roman Forum, Punic Wall, elevator Castle, will open shelters the Civil War and the Tourist Bus Barco.
They also held during the bridge routes show the splendor of Cartagena's history from ancient Carthage, through the Medieval Cartagena, and ending in the context of naval history with the Treasury of the Mercedes.
Citizens of an Empire.
Guided tour.
Visit the large Roman theater, stroll through Roman roads and enjoy the Spa facilities and ending with everyday life accompanied by a patrician in the House of Fortune.
Travel: Teatro Romano, the Roman Forum and Neighborhood House of Fortune.
Days: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October.
Hours: 11:30 am.
Departure from the Roman Theatre.
Price: single 13 euros, reduced 10 euros, 6.5 euros CPC Club.
Treasury Mercedes.
Guided tour.
An exciting path in which we discover the treasure of Ntra. Sra. De las Mercedes.
We also visit the maritime history of the port city, its fortresses and defensive systems.
Route: Tourist Boat, Fort Christmas, National Museum of Underwater Archaeology ARQUA.
Days: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October.
Time: 11:00 h.
Departure from Puerto Real Scale.
Price: single 12 euros, reduced 9 euros, 6 euros CPC Club.
Asclepius, 2000 years of a hill.
Guided tour.
A tour of the most important medieval hill town crowned by the Castle, bordered by the medieval Church to discover the Roman Theatre.
Route: Panoramic Lift, Castillo de la Concepción and Roman Theatre Museum.
Days: Monday 12 October.
Time: 12.00 pm.
Departure from the panoramic elevator.
Price: single 10 euros, reduced 8 euros.
Club CPC 5 euros.
MYSTERY MONTH.
THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
Throughout the month of October is celebrated in almost all parts of the world a festival of pagan origin that culminates in the night of October, the eve of All Saints Day 31.
This ancient celebration has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain which means end of summer and is celebrated at the end of the harvest season to start the new Celtic new year, coinciding with the autumn solstice.
This month the mystery will start in Cartagena with the recording of a radio program Onda Regional, the Ultimate Rung, directed and presented by Joaquín Abenza, broadcast for over 25 years and is a leader in matters of mystery and science border internationally.
On Friday October 16, the Roman Theatre Museum will open its doors to the public between 23: 00h.
and 1: 00h in the morning to attend the program, knowing first hand all the topics treated, as the legends, history and archeology shrouded in mystery, mystical beliefs and where expert researchers, anthropologists, historians and archaeologists, we explain unknown aspects of previous civilizations and Cartagena own legends including those represented in the Castle the next 30 and 31 October.
The second part of the program will be related to the study on Archaeoastronomy, that was made ​​in Cartagena, by leading specialists in the field with the help of Cartagena Port of Cultures and Astronomy Association of Cartagena, where the participants in this study will present its conclusions and key findings on the solstice line old buildings were in our city.
The program will also include an incentive for listeners and a weekend for two people will be drawn to enjoy cultural visits with accommodation at the Hotel Alfonso XIII.
The Curse of the White Lady in the Castillo de la Concepción
The legends and stories of Cartagena again represented on the nights of 30 and 31 October.
There are many legends surrounding the castle and its slope, the legend of the chapel of the Duke of Beragua child, the Loca de la Villa, Dona Sol de Yepes Acevedo and Don Mendo, as there are also many nights and witnesses still they see a white lady, listening to loud and forceful steps and sounds of a child by the passages of the castle.
It is for this reason that the television and radio media, paranomarles studying phenomena, visited the Castillo de la Concepción, seeking answers to strange events.
During these nights a story full of intrigue, fear and curse where reality and fiction intertwine to awaken the spirits that live chained for centuries to revive this place.
During this mysterious night visitors will witness the strange paranormal and will have to discover who are the spirits that still today wandering around the castle.
Friday 30 and Saturday October 31, passes 20:30.
22:00.
23:30 pm., With a price of 12 euros.
Duration: one hour.
It includes access to the Panoramic Lift.
Younger guests will also enjoy a weekend at the Castle, with the representation of a great musical version of a special Corpse Bride, where children, including live music and songs, discover the end of a love story, with spiders, worms and skeletons Tim Barton took the film world and will adapt to the legends of Doña Sol This Castle.
Passes will be on Saturday October 31 at 18: 00h. And Sunday November 1st at 12: 00h. With a price of 7 euros.
Duration one hour.
It includes panoramic lift.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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