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Mayor highlights the important archaeological recovery, which allow "maintain direct contact with the history of Murcia".
The commissioning of the center "promotes the recovery of Murcia palaces and walled enclosures," says House.
The opening of the Visitor Center-San Cayetano Monteagudo joins the cultural offer which is the attraction of the town.
This was highlighted today the Mayor, Miguel Angel House, on the visit he made to the facility, accompanied by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, the Councillor for Sports, Youth and Tourism, Miguel Cascales, and President Municipal Board Monteagudo, Marco Antonio Fernandez, among others.
Murcia has recovered and an important part of their heritage and at the same time, has taken advantage of the opportunity to add value to one of the biggest tourist attraction claims the future.
The Visitor Center, which occupies an area of ​​over 3,000 square meters, provides support to expose the parts that have resulted from the various archaeological excavations, present the history of the valley and orchards of Murcia, palaces and walled enclosures and housing own cultural activities of these centers.
It offers the public a first contact with the history of the city and its various historical episodes.
The building stands around the Plaza de la Ermita de San Cayetano, which embraces her in value, and allowing views of the Castle and the Vega of Murcia.
Built through collaboration between the municipality and autonomous region, has five rooms in which you can learn the origin of the first settlements in the vicinity of Monteagudo, through panels, informational text, and showcases audiovisual reproductions of the pieces found during excavations in the area.
The rooms are dedicated to the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age, 4,400 years ago), Argárico (3700 years ago), Iberian (2250 years ago), Romano (1950 years ago) and Arabic (850 years ago).
They contemplate the villages, burial customs, agricultural, and urban rituals of different cultures.
Artisans of the region have been responsible for carrying replicas of the pieces that were found in the excavations, as the originals are guarded in museums.
These weapons, outfits, ceramics, ornaments, models and tools for agriculture.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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