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Pirates and Treasures return to Fort Christmas (05/06/2014)

The recent opening of the exhibition's Treasure Mercedes in ARQUA mark the beginning, starting Saturday 7 June, the summer activities of Cartagena Port of Cultures, and will fully immersing in the nineteenth century, especially at the time which was the Spanish fleet captured by the British frigate sunk and Our Lady of Mercy at Cape Santa Maria.

To make known to the general public this fascinating event in history, are scheduled three different activities such as guided tours, theatrical tours and children's workshops, to be held on Saturdays and Sundays of this month of June.

Road Treasure of Mercy, begins from the port, in the touristic sailing catamaran Puerto de Culturas, where you can admire the spectacular natural harbor.

Through this route the national and international situation that existed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, contextualize, and naval constructions in the military arsenal, which participated in the new intra-oceanic routes as well as the importance of the city as will be explained Headquarters of the Maritime Department of the Mediterranean.

It docking at Fort Christmas, will be released the complex defensive system of the bay, similar to those built in the Mediterranean and the Americas to the Indies.

On the other hand, the Fort will host a space in which the cargo in Spanish ships carrying transoceanic routes, will be recreated as may have been in the Fragata de Las Mercedes.

Finally, the route will continue at the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, where a sea of 8,000 coins awaits visitors to learn the history of the four Spanish frigates caught in the battle of Cape St. Mary, his controversial cargo and what the weather would hold for its spectacular and tragic adventure.

Dates: Saturdays in June, starting at 11:00 h, from Puerto Real Scale.

On the other hand, families can enjoy a theatrical tour, Treasures Pirates.

A pirate in search of the treasure of the Mercedes will introduce us to the time of the wreck.

An adventure that will take visitors on a journey of mystery, coming across the Atlantic, and the visitor will be part of the crew, in order to find the great treasure ship sunk by the British.

In Fort Christmas, a pirate tavern jealously guard the secrets of the treasure, which among other surprises, the other part of the cargo of the Mercedes frigate discover.

This visit, be held Saturday in June, at 12.00 h, starting his tour in Puerto Real Scale.

In the children's workshop Treasure Hunt, children will become real pirates at Fort Christmas, showing their bravery and courage and overcome the trials and riddles of a true seaman for joining the pirate brotherhood.

They unveil the mysteries of the brotherhood and the codes used by pirates.

At the end, children will get their reward them aware of the need to protect the legacy of our ancestors.

This workshop, which includes the tourist catamaran ride, Sunday June will take place at 12.00 hours, departing from the Port Royal Flush.

To recreate these visits Fort Christmas, has staged a pirated tavern, as those who gave shelter, food, and fun to play legendary pirate that sailed the seas, where flintlock pistols, cutlass and dagger is among other elements themselves-as well as the office of an officer, the documents following the frigates on their trips, Manila routes and finding the keys to the treasure map of the Mercedes.

Information and bookings for the route, theatrical tour and workshop in Cartagena Port of Cultures on 968.50.00.93. www.cartagenapuertodeculturas.com

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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