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The refuge of the Spanish civil war, excavated in the rocky promontory of the Serreta, has been recently cleaned by the City Council through the Department of Archaeological Heritage.
The refuge is located in the wall of the bastion of Berwick, belonging to the wall of Felipe V, being the only entrance that is preserved at the corner of Calle Muralla de Tierra.
The works have counted on the advice of the Coordinator of Archaeological Heritage, Mª del Carmen Berrocal, and the chronicler, Luis Miguel Pérez Adán.
During the cleaning process, several rubble and dirt containers were extracted by hand, although in the initial section, garbage was removed, since the shelter was used as a warehouse for the sale of coal and sawdust attached to the wall.
Taking advantage of these works, a detailed ocular inspection of the site was made, documenting another original access through the Plaza de la Serreta and a passageway of what can be a higher level.
Once the state of the construction has been verified, a lighting and conditioning project will be carried out by the Department of Sustainable Development, for its subsequent musealization, which will have a documentary on the bombing of the four hours as the main element.
The refuge had an initial capacity for 500 people and had two curved corridors connected to each other, with different adjoining rooms of small dimensions.
The vaulted roof is in perfect condition, as well as the cement plaster of walls and floors.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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