The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, along with City Council Speaker Murcia, Nuria Fuentes, and the Councillor for Culture, Fátima Barnuevo, today visited the site of San Esteban, where they announced that international experts conducted the museum project in this field.
Ujaldón recalled that the removal of the remains to allow further conservation and excavation, "can only begin once the technical Heritage Service nod to the draft to determine how best to carry out these tasks."
The CEO also reiterated that the conservation of the remains will necessarily have to remove structures, not only to protect the underlying moisture, considerable in Murcia, but to build the bulkhead that protects the Palacio de San Esteban ", listed as a Cultural Interest.
It would also require the removal of the remains to continue the excavation and reach the levels of the twelfth century, "the golden age of Murcia."
"The decision to retain said Ujaldón, is what allows us, in case the XII century structures are destroyed or are not very important, favoring the XIII century" for further musealization.
Source: CARM