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The Councillor of Tourism, Maria Isabel Valcarcel, this morning visited the works of the Iberian Sanctuary of Light to finalize the details for the public opening of the enclosure.
The Councilman has been accompanied by the heads of the works.
The Iberian Sanctuary of Light, which retrieves the Consortium 'Murcia, Crossroads' will transfer visitors to the fourth century
C., a period in which these settlers chose to settle Valley.
This site is located in El Valle (Holy Angel), next to the Visitor Center near La Luz and Fuensanta Sanctuary.
The shrine was used by the Iberians to make offerings to their gods, who represented the forces of nature.
Demeter Goddess of fertility and agriculture, was one of the most revered by the people.
Visitors who come to La Luz can see the terraces which mark the way they did the Iberians with offerings and a bath in which the Iberians performing animal sacrifices, a ritual common in his culture.
Furthermore, in the area have found lots of votive offerings.
The Iberian temple was built in the fourth century BC The sanctuary was destroyed and rose again in Roman times, between the third and second centuries BC, to be destroyed again in the first century BC
'Murcia, Crossroads' has invested 273,000 in the recovery of this place.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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