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The Monitoring Committee of future actions on the wreck carbolic Mazarrón 2 has been reunited Friday.
In that meeting, which had representatives of public administrations and experts in underwater archeology have been discussed future actions to be carried out in order to extract and finally to value the Phoenician wreck of the seventh century before of Christ that is submerged on the beach of the island.
Alicia Jimenez, Mayor of Mazarrón has confirmed the existence of a budget that will bring 10,000 euros the Directorate General of Cultural Assets of the regional executive for exploration in 2017 of the wreck is made, as well as conducting a series of surveys.
"The City Council will anticipate the land where the museum will be located Phoenician ship and shows its commitment to the project and civil work."
The museum, as confirmed by the Councillor for Culture, Pedro Martinez, will be located next to the lighthouse rise Puerto de Mazarrón.
On the other hand, Alicia Jimenez also indicated that it will consider applying for European funding for the development of this project.
Meanwhile, Andres Martinez, head of the Coastal Authority has confirmed the manifest interest shown by the state administration "in a situation that seems to indicate an immediate solution" in the initial phase of the project, the removal of the Phoenician wreck .
Andres Martinez said that "are arbitrating all the mechanisms" to get the necessary investment.
The project also includes a medium-term second phase involves the construction of a seawall and ride the environment, and the recovery from the beach on the island.
Manuel Martin Bueno, Professor of Archaeology at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Zaragoza, highlighted the steps in this phase are giving administrations with the contribution of technical "for soon comes to light a project that remains entroncado in society as a social element, educational and useful ".
Martin Good has indicated that interdisciplinary working table in monitoring the Phoenician ship "is now at cruising speed".
the site
Boats Island Beach is one of the jewels of the Archaeological Heritage of the Region of Murcia and both wrecks and the underwater site are considered of Cultural Interest (BIC), thereby protecting the entire area.
This deposit is characterized so far by the presence of two ships dating from the sixth century BC, the first a stretch of 4 meters from the keel a planking and pieces of wood with cylindrical shape seem to correspond to frames preserved ship, and is in the National Museum of Maritime Archaeology (ARQUA).
The Ship 2 almost completely preserved today in situ, protected by a metal frame and covered with sand in order to ensure their preservation.
It has a length of 8.15 meters and 2.25 meters wide, was built with cypress wood, Aleppo pine, olive and fig tree and was located in 1995 with all its cargo, crew objects and anchor, the oldest of its kind cane, stocks and nail.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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