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Councillor of Tourism has presented Monday activities of Cartagena Port of Cultures for the coming months, where the novelty will be the expansion of the castle museum to show the passage of Arabs, Jews and Christians in the city
The Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gomez, presented today by the manager of Cartagena Port of Cultures, Agustina Martinez, Cartagena, a port, Three Cultures, an initiative with which it purports to show, through a museum extension in the Castle de la Concepción, c ulturas all who have gone over the centuries by the city, which have left their footprints Muslims, Christians and Jews.
As highlighted Obdulia Gomez prevail important role played by the port of Cartagena and its hills, witnessed this evolution of cultures, shaping the medieval history of Cartagena.
To pay tribute to the Three Cultures, they have joined four facsimiles of manuscripts from the Municipal Archives of Murcia and Cartagena, which shed light a thousand years of history in Cartagena, as well as pieces on loan from Puerto de Sefarad and audiovisual by the Integra Foundation.
In the Cerro de la Concepción, where the Arab fortress is situated, they lived together Jews, Christians and Muslims, crowned by the keep, ordered built in the golden age of Alfonso X the Wise.
With the arrival of the Catholic Monarchs Cartagena recovers the royal city and its port.
The privileges granted by Queen Isabella the port can be seen in the new exhibition, along with other documents that provide insight into what happened in Cartagena at the time of expulsion of religious minorities of Jews and Moors.
The Edict of Expulsion of Jews from 1492 cars or boats Moors and its vicissitudes, become part of the permanent exhibition, along with the new audiovisual completing museology.
In addition, exposed as a prominent part for its beauty and great archaeological and historical value, a jug found in the nearby Roman theater regarding domestic rituals, purified water containing decorated with the Seal of Solomon, framed Andalusian period, to the second third of the thirteenth century.
Courtesy of the Foundation of the Roman Theatre.
For, Cartagena, a port, Three Cultures, have organized different routes and activities for all ages.
ROUTES
The Taste of Three Cultures. Guided tour with food tasting.
In the Castillo de la Concepción Islamic city, its suburbs, and its transformation to the Christian Cartagena tour.
The environment will transit to the hill, where the Jewish, Christian and Muslim population is concentrated, until the expulsion.
Bordering the medieval church of Santa María, it will reach the Roman Theatre Museum, where houses were medieval outfits, finishing the route with a gastronomic tasting flavors with Jews and Arabs.
Includes: Panoramic Lift, Castillo de la Concepción, Roman Theatre Museum and Jewish and Arabic tapas with drink.
Days: Saturday 21 November, 5, December 19 and January 2.
Time: 12.00 pm.
Departure from the panoramic elevator.
Duration 2: 30h.
Price: single 15 euros, reduced 13 euros and Club Cartagena Port of Cultures 10 euros.
Medieval Scenes route.
Microteatros guided route.
A guided tour of the Castillo de la Concepción, the hill and the Roman Theatre, where history and medieval scenes, with characters Christians, Jews and Muslims mingle to understand and live the three cultures that lived in Cartagena for a thousand years.
Includes: Panoramic Lift, Castillo de la Concepción, Roman Theatre Museum and microteatros along the route.
Days: Saturday, November 28, Monday, December 7 and Saturday 12, December 26 and January 9.
Time: 12.00 pm.
Departure from the panoramic elevator.
Duration 2: 30h.
Price: single 15 euros, reduced 13 euros and Club Cartagena Port of Cultures 10 euros.
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
The Magic Castle Chess. Children's activity
A Giant Chess, provide clues to smaller crossing the strength to discover the meaning of each card and where the characters of medieval society, the king, the queen, knights, towers and soldiers, will relate to the rooms of the Castle.
An activity of cunning and strategy to complete a magical board becoming the youngest knights or princesses.
It Includes: Panoramic Lift, and children's activities in the Castillo de la Concepción.
Days: Sunday 22, November 29, December 6, 3 and 10 January.
Time: 12.00 pm.
Departure from the panoramic elevator.
Duration 1:30 am.
Price: 4 euros.
Small medieval craftsmen.
Christmas workshop for children.
In this activity they are transmitted to children by molding the medieval origin of the nativity scene with his own hands.
A fun activity in which the skill and creativity through the creation of unique pieces that each child develop to their own nativity scene is stimulated.
Responsible for transmitting this art children are the artisans of the Association Prometheus.
It Includes: Panoramic Lift and workshop in the Castillo de la Concepción.
Days: Sundays 13, 20, December 27 and December 29.
Time: 12.00 pm.
Departure from the panoramic elevator.
Duration 1: 30h.
Price: 6 euros.
The Prometeo Association, aimed at social integration and employment of disabled people, also works with Cartagena Port of Cultures in both the children's workshop, and placing a nativity scene at Christmas in the Castle cisterns, given its belenista tradition, all pieces are made with disabled people, this collaboration will announce the important work of this association in the social and professional integration of people unprotected.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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