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The regional deputy socialist, Jesus Lopez, will ask the Regional Assembly the Minister of Culture if you allow it to sweep away "the most important material manifestation of the medieval past of the city of Murcia to build a car park."

Currently being carried out archaeological excavations, which were authorized last March 31, 2009, by the Director General of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets.

The geophysical and geotechnical surveys made for the parking project showed "the existence of a stratified deposit of archaeological interest in the whole area under the project, with a sequence stretching from the S.

XI / XII to modern and contemporary and it is not possible to rule that the wall of the medieval suburb of cross Arrixaca plot ", as outlined in the report of Henry Ujaldón, Director General of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets.

First reports

Lopez recalled that the first reports of the Directorate General of Culture dates back to September 2005.

In them, the former Director General that the project ahead and affected the northern sector of the Arrixaca Arrabal.

And proposed a comprehensive program of archaeological surveys in conjunction with geomagnetic surveys to locate or reject the presence of such enclosure suburb of Arrixaca.

Although granted permission for the drilling program, apparently this was not carried out because the next report of Culture took place in April 2008.

It highlights the need for a comprehensive archaeological survey because "there is no more accurate in the absence of the program conducted archaeological surveys the Community proposed in previous reports, in the words of another report signed by Ujaldón.

For the Socialist deputy, "it is evident that we are dealing with findings of significant importance and of great interest to science and to the knowledge of Islamic Murcia, is surfacing as the urban fabric of the suburb, houses different plants factory and abundant archaeological remains. "

Therefore, the PSOE believes "it is of great interest that the regional government set a guideline on what to do with the park project, if finally it is shown that the remains of the medieval suburb Arrixaca should not be buried under concrete."

He added that in fact the reports are part of the registration dossier of the excavation and discuss the possibility of preserving these archaeological remains in situ, and may even proceed to musealization thereof.

Source: PSRM-PSOE