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On days 15, 16 and November 17, Mazarrón will host an international conference on this occasion, will be on the Phoenician culture and the wreck will Phoenician 'Mazarrón 2' as the protagonist of the game.
The conference, hosted by the Mazarrón Town Council and the University of Murcia (UMU), has been presented today by the Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, the Rector of the University of Murcia, José Antonio Cobacho, and Director General of Cultural Property Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (CARM), Francisco Gimenez.
Also present at the event to the Councillor for Culture, Maria Celeste Soria, co-scientific director of the congress and director of the Museum of the University of Murcia, José Miguel García, the rector of Coordination and Communication of the University of Murcia, Maria de los Esteban Angeles, and director of the Permanent Headquarters UMU Extension in Mazarrón, Fernando Navarro.
Ginés Campillo Mayor explained that "this meeting, we continue our commitment to add value to our archaeological heritage and especially the carbolic ship which is under the water at the beach of the island and is one of the leading global regard to underwater archeology ".
The mayor has shown excited with the fact that "Mazarrón again hold a top-level international conference, for the quality of its component speakers, sure to be a success as it was when we celebrate on the figure of Philip II ".
These terms are also expressed the Rector of the University of Murcia who underlined that "we speak of eight major conferences that will provide the leading experts in underwater archeology in the country and 20 reports that, for the moment, give an idea of ​​the shaft and the importance will assume this meeting ".
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Cobacho reiterated the "strong relationship we have with the Mazarrón Town Council is carrying out a great job as far as education and training material is concerned."
Words Mazarron Mayor thanked.
For his part, Francisco Gimenez explained that "to focus on the regional heritage is a way to create region and this conference is a great opportunity to do it."
Also pointed out the suitability Giménez de Mazarrón to expose the Phoenician ship found off its coast, which dates back more than 2700 years, and noted the tourist nature of a discovery of such magnitude, as it is "a tangible that fits well with the intangible heritage of the region and is an approach to the beginnings of Mediterranean culture. "
The Director General of Cultural Assets explained to the media that "experts consider that the ideal is that the Phoenician Ship 'Mazarrón 2' should stay in place where it is today and you can visit 'in situ' as a tourist attraction . This is the best choice for conservation and enhancement and so dictate the technical and counseling. "
Gimenez has highlighted the "priceless" of this wreck which was quickly declared of Cultural Interest (BIC), which also thanked the Mayor Ginés Campillo is who took the initiative through a motion in Parliament Municipal.
The conference, to be held at the Centro Cultural de Mazarrón, scientific coordination will Iniesta Angel, the Heritage Service of the CARM, scientific director John Blánquez, Autonomous University of Madrid, and José Miguel García, University of Murcia, as well as the technical direction of Maria Martinez, an archaeologist Mazarrón Town Council, and the collaboration of many members of the national and international scientific community.
In addition, as a parallel to the congress will be open the art exhibition 'Iberia and Phoenicia.
A meeting on the shores of Mazarrón 'artist Juan Navarro.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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