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The area councilor for Culture and Heritage, Ricardo Segado, and the Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gomez, visited the work being done at the site of the Plaza de la Merced to see first hand the current state of findings .
Archaeologist Luis Garcia, head of the excavation, said that it remains to dig the center to join one sector to another.
This represents about 40-45% of the square.
He has also added that in the central part we need to confirm how it is organized.
If it is really a public space and how they organize inside, whether by porches with columns or through galleries that will surround this space.
The mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, and Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon, visited the excavations on 5 October to make important discoveries: the Punic house, decumano and ninfeo.
In these next four weeks it has expanded the excavation of the Punic home.
Luis Garcia says we are checking the extent of the main hall, which corresponds to a storage room, with a very important group of amphorae coming from various parts of the Mediterranean.
The municipal government has shown its willingness to conclude the excavations, which until now have been financed entirely with municipal funds.
Once completed the work of the current phase, a technical committee with municipal representatives from Heritage, Infrastructure and the Autonomous Community, in order to seek funding be convened.
Also they continue knowing new details about the sites.
Thus, the share of decumano, located in the north of the square, has confirmed the existence of the portico gave way to a place at the bottom of a monumental fountain is located. The road itself has been unable to access it It would be his main desagüe, collecting the waters of the rains not only housing but also there to side to side and that led to the sea below the flagstones of the street.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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