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The Minister of Tourism and Consumer Affairs, Jose Pablo Ruiz Abellán, attended today's opening of the refurbishment work on the archaeological site of the Iberian shrine and temple of Light.
The recovery of this cemetery, dated to the late s.
V BC is one of the actions of the Tourist Consortium 'Murcia Crossroads. "
The Iberian shrine and temple of Light are part of a special joint round the town of Santa Catalina del Monte and the Treasury Cabecico necropolis, located in El Verdolay.
The most important Iberian settlements in the region organized the territory into three centers: town, cemetery and sanctuary.
These groupings show the high degree of complexity of society and economy of the Iberian world.
The height of the sanctuary can be dated to the late V, lasting until the early first century BC, when it was destroyed.
The temple itself was built shortly after the conquest of Cartagena by the troops of Scipio and is undergoing a profound reform that is reflected in the construction of a small temple at the top of the hill and two large terraces.
The appearance of a cutting head Hellenistic marble seems to confirm the dedication of the shrine to a deity Indian female character, which would be connected to the divinities Demeter-Persephone-Hecate, around the annual cycle of fertility fertility.
The work, which involved an investment of 311,000 euros, has made possible the restoration of all significant elements of the sanctuary and the temple.
Have carried out cleaning work, consolidation and return of remains.
Thus, in addition to revive and strengthen this part of the historical, is intended to convey the knowledge of the Iberian people, their role in history, ways of life and customs, and their contribution to the development of our civilization.
This new equipment enhances the cultural and tourism is already available in the Visitors Center of Light.
The intervention is structured in two levels.
One inside the Visitor Center of Light, to expand and improve the content of the thematic scope for the Iberians.
The second, outside and in and around the sanctuary itself, helping to identify and explain each of the parts comprising the set, so that the visitor has a perception as clear as possible of what could be its origin.
The spot where stood the temple sanctuary and the Iberian and the new Visitors Center building of the Light were land farmed by the monks of the Ermita de La Luz and therefore removed and terraced from the seventeenth century.
With the intervention of the Tourist Consortium 'Murcia Crossroads' revamp an historic space is proposed as other cultural and tourist attraction for both Murcia and tourists who come to the city.
Source: CARM
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