This morning the Mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, by the Director General of Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Community, Francisco Gimenez, visited the works in the Museum of Paleontology and Human Evolution in the Region of Murcia (MUPEH) which is adjacent to Cabezo Gordo.
During the visit, the authorities have reported that the Museum will be included in the ICE (European Cultural Route), which will make it one of the major museums nationwide.
Be included in the Cultural Route "Prehistoric Rock Art Roads of Europe".
This itinerary combines the first art of the continent has been recognized for its historical and artistic values ​​and tourist attraction.
This is the first Cultural Itinerary of the continent based on archaeological destinations in European Prehistory (so far, only been approved itineraries historical, religious and social issues), in addition to recognizing the first Homo sapiens developed by the artistic expressions in caves coats, rocky outcrops and megalithic structures, as a benchmark of their shared past.
This ICE "Prehistoric Rock Art Roads of Europe" brings together virtually every major European destinations based on prehistory and rock art (including sites declared World Heritage by UNESCO, which are concentrated geographically in Southwest Europe (France and the Iberian Peninsula) and in certain areas of Ireland, Scandinavia and northern Italy. Altogether 100 offers up great archaeological and cave locations of great scientific, cultural, artistic and archaeological interest, all open to the understanding and enjoyment of European and global society, destinations which now number more than one million visitors per year. Therefore, the MUPEH be included in the first major European network of rock sites with cultural and tourist-class values, which will be developed joint scientific research activities, training of experts, conservation, socio-cultural diffusion and sustainable tourism.
Similarly, the Mayor of Torre Pacheco reported that the works are expected to possibly resume in the summer of 2014, though it added that the work "physically" were standing, has continued to work hard in museology and museological project.
The CEO, Francisco Gimenez, was pleased with the museum and the course of its evolution.
He explained the three phases of the museum: building, museum project and museum project.
Reported to be progressing at a good pace and called very good museum project (which will house the museum).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco