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This morning has started in the Centro Cultural de Mazarrón International Congress on Phoenician boat whose inauguration was performed by the Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, the head of the Coastal Murcia, Andres Martinez, the scientific director of the congress , José Miguel García, and the director of the Permanent University Extension of the University of Murcia (UMU), Fernando Navarro.

They have agreed on the immense value of the wreck which lies submerged under the waters of the beach of La Isla

The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, explained that "although the main objective of this quotation is the conservation of Phoenician Ship 'Mazarrón II', we must also take into account its value as an economic revitalization and tourism for our municipality. "

For the mayor, "with this conference marks a commitment by the City to this archaeological gem, as Mazarrón has a lot to show and teach and the time has come to value what we have."

For his part, the head of the Coastal Murcia has emphasized the importance of putting the value of the wreck because "we must take care of the cultural richness of our beaches to promote quality tourism," adding that "the regeneration of the beach The Island is one of the aspects that are related to the enhancement of the Phoenician Ship "and revealing that" in Madrid see with better eyes this beach regeneration after we have managed to reduce to 5 million euros (prior hovered 10 million) the amount of work for recovery. "

The scientific director of the conference, José Miguel García, announced that it "will be eight papers and a dozen communications that take place here, reaching the same from prestigious universities such as Oxford, Lisbon, Madrid Autonoma, Complutense de Madrid, Valencia or Murcia . To these are added the presentations of experts arrived from ARQUA, the Andalusian or the Portuguese municipality of Redondo, among others. "

Something for Fernando Navarro is an "excellent new commitment by the University of Murcia and Mazarrón Town Hall".

The presentation address was given by Professor of Archaeology at the University of Zaragoza, Manuel Martin Good, who is one of the leading national experts on Underwater Archaeology.

Well Martin has advocated removing the wreck of the water "but leaving it close to the original site", comparing it to the value placed on several European examples.

For Martin Good, "the Mazarrón II is one of the great landmarks of underwater archeology worldwide and is possible because no technical difficulty, not to remove or add value to the Phoenician wreck we know, but not what's underneath it ".

Well Martin praised the interest of the City to its value "because it urges a decision by the conditions of the beach that are raising the Phoenician ship."

The Mayor, Ginés Campillo, has followed with great interest the paper and at the end of it, felt satisfied that Martin Good "have wagered that the Phoenician boat stays in Mazarrón, have to be removed or not."

For the mayor, Congress has begun "in a very good direction and the conclusions we will draw the most appropriate courses of action for the recovery and enhancement of our jewel underwater. Undoubtedly, this initiative should have been made many years ago" .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón