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This afternoon, the public platform for the defense of St. Stephen's archaeological heritage has met with representatives of the Heritage Commission of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Murcia, reflecting their demands regarding the management of the site being carried out by competent authority.

Citizen's Platform for the defense of San Esteban archaeological finds that:

- It has to continue excavating the palace complex and Andalus district of San Esteban.

Murcia City Council and the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage must submit a project to ensure a rigorous study of the hallazagos, focusing not only on its short-term protection, if they do not want to contradict the opinion of the experts themselves have consulted.

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It must be remembered that created the so-called Commission of Experts, consisting of D.

Antonio Malpica spokesman same and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Granada, D.

Rafael Pardo, architect; D.

Jorge A.

Eiroa, a professor at the University of Murcia, Don Jose Maria Luzon, professor of archeology at the Complutense, D.

Juan F.

Jimenez, director of the Centre for Medieval Studies of Lorca, D.

Emilio Estrella, engineer, Ms Carmen Perez of Valencia Restoration Institute, and D.

Ricardo Mar, professor of archeology at the University Rovira and Virgill of Tarragona.

The commission has only held a meeting on 11 January at the Palacio de San Esteban, which was attended by: Ramón Luis Valcárcel, President of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, Pedro Antonio Cruz, Minister of Culture and Enrique Ujaldón, Director General Fine Arts and Cultural Assets.

Following this meeting, Enrique Malpica, commission spokesman, communicate at a news conference: "We must finish the excavation because the option to bury or cover, was due to proceed with recovery, while archaeological work is made, to ensure the maintenance of the site within the time required until you start the process of storing the data, consolidation of structures and protection of the site. "

Both Mr. Valcárcel, Mr. Cruz and Mr. Ujaldón, publicly vowed to take on and carry forward the recommendations of the Committee of Experts.

So far they have not done.

- The protection necessary for the proper conservation of the remains must be a roofing system, to allow completion of the excavations at all times necessary, and to protect it from inclement weather until the start of museological value and reservoir.

It is currently moving forward the conservation project Building SL Villegas gives green light to full coverage of the site with 3,000,000 pounds of gravel, in addition to the completion of 15 probes that marred the rich urban fabric of the site, as it authorized in the draft variation of its length and depth and even the dismantling of structures.

- The responsibility for proper enhancement of the St. Stephen site can not be placed on restoring Ms. Pilar Vallalta.

We recall that is involved in a criminal investigation for alleged plundering, which occurred on December 9 of last 2009, for removing a part of the site, specifically a palace remained the same service Seprona Civil Guard that record was the fact and photo essay of the same.

- The project does not conform to written guidelines of the specification and its contents, should be executed, breach a number of articles of Law 4 / 2007 of March 16, Cultural Heritage of the Region of Murcia.

This platform challenged the project on April 9, communicating the denial of it in recent days because the project was based on the recommendations of the Commission of Experts.

According to the statements of the Commission set out above, this is not true, because that committee recommended termination of the excavation prior to any consolidation and Andalusian musealization reservoir of San Esteban, an important historical site in the city of Murcia.

The platform calls for:

"That Mr. Valcárcel, Mr. Cruz and Mr. Ujaldón, take the decisions taken at the time the Committee of Experts, which is precisely the opposite of which will be taken in the project awarded by the council.

"To convene a new meeting of experts to assess the damage that would result in the implementation of the project site written by Pilar Vallalta and awarded to Architectural CYRESPA SL

"That Enrique Ujaldón, Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, to enforce the law of heritage in the region of Murcia, 2007, as the reservoir has a degree of protection of cultural interest.

"That the university and professional associations deciding on professional malpractice would be from the point of view of archaeological methodology and restoration project implementation written by Pilar Vallalta restorer.

- Finally, the platform says it will prevent a second attempt to plunder the site, this time with the excuse that they will be protected.

To continue the draft prepared by the restorer Pilar Vallalta, policy makers and technical assets involved must know that they will make an appropriate complaint for plunder in Court No 1 of Murcia to take precautionary measures that oblige the competent authorities to comply with the order made by the judge on December 14, 2009 for which should be undertaken to protect the reservoir and continue the excavation.

Civic Platform in Defence of the Archaeological Heritage of San Esteban

Source: Plataforma de San Esteban