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The rehabilitation work consisted in cleaning and waterproofing of the remains and the installation of new lighting.
Ballesta announces the immediate recovery of the stretch of wall street Sagasta because "preserve our roots is a fundamental part of our city project".
Murcia recover a part of its history.
They have already completed the rehabilitation of the existing wall in the parking lot of La Glorieta, this morning visited the Mayor, José Ballesta, accompanied by Council of Education, University Relations and Heritage, Rafael Gomez and Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesus Pacheco.
The work consisted in cleaning, signaling and lighting, as the archaeological remains, located in the second basement parking were affected by environmental pollution and humidity.
The budget invested in this recovery amounted to 36,000 euros.
"Keeping our roots and our heritage is central to our city project", said the Mayor in presenting the recovered fragment of the wall that surrounded the city of Murcia from Veronicas to San Juan, as he announced the intention City Council undertake sooner recovery section of wall street Sagasta.
Besides pointing out the undoubted importance of recovering and rehabilitating the heritage, the mayor has referred to the importance of placing value on these elements, taken together, help to strengthen the tourist attraction.
In this sense José Ballesta recalled that one of the objectives set for the next four years is to double the number of visitors and therefore "it is essential to carry out actions like this and improve the infrastructure of access to the city so they can come more tourists "road, railway -for what is essential to high-speed railway and air.
Defensive bulwark
Cleaning which was performed manually, thus removing soot embedded along the time.
Here, we have applied a waterproofing layer to preserve the remains were consolidated and the walls of the wall.
The intervention was completed with the installation of a new lighting projectors that illuminate the entire stretch, including a colored light to reinforced concrete wall of the wall, in order to serve as a framework exhibition.
In addition, work has included the painting of the concrete wall and the railing of the basement first, in the area adjacent to the walls, clean the floor of the car park and improving the existing informative posters.
This action is also seeking to delay any deterioration that could lead to various factors condition.
This stretch of the Islamic wall, 24 meters long, is composed of a defensive bastion bastion or rectangular with a canvas antemuralla on each side.
Built in the twelfth century, it is formed by a mud concrete lime and part of the southern sector of the defensive system of the city, reaching its proximity called Puerta del Sol, demolished in the nineteenth century and that led to one of the main axes of the Islamic city.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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