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First day of 'Open for works' in the Roman Amphitheater of Cartagena with all its visits visits in full.
The 1,200 free tickets to visit the three service rooms with vaulted roofs, found in the excavations of the monument, sold out in just 24 hours.
The mayor of Culture and Archaeological Heritage, David Martínez, attended the first day of visits to make the tour with a group of citizens.
The mayor has listened attentively to the explanations of the students of the National University of Distance Education of Cartagena (UNED) and the University of Murcia (UMU) who, along with the archaeologists who are excavating the ruins among which was the coordinator of Archaeological Heritage of the City of Cartagena, Mari Carmen Berrocal, make a tour of the site.
Martinez has been very satisfied with the success of 'Open for works', an initiative of the City of Cartagena for citizens to know their heritage.
The 1,200 free tickets for the visits of days 14, 15, 21, 22, 26, 27, and 28 of December and 2, 3 and 4 of January, with four daily passes, and a maximum of 30 people, were sold out in the first two days that were made available to citizens.
"This is very important because it means that the citizens of Cartagena are expectant and that they value our heritage very much," said the Councilor for Heritage.
The mayor also pointed out that from the Department that he directs are considering continuing to make more visits in January.
To conclude, Martinez has shown his willingness to "seek help from all administrations, both regional and national, to be able to continue with the excavations, which began more than 100 years ago, but have been a long time stopped."
THE VISIT
In groups of approximately 30 people, citizens have been able to take a guided tour of the excavations of the Amphitheater, which began in the center of the old arena of the bullring.
The Department of Archaeological Heritage has arranged for these visits some descriptive posters, which illustrate with photographs the words of the guides.
The explanations go into a historical contextualization of the site, the historical knowledge of the existence that it has had since ancient times, excavated phases and latest findings.
The last thing discovered by the visitors of the Roman Amphitheater of Cartagena are the three service rooms with vaulted roofs, recently found, called 'jails' and which had the function of housing gladiators and animals, before they went out to fight in the sand.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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