The exhibition 'Cities of Light. Ákra Leuké, Lucentum, Laqant' will extend its stay at MARQ until next year. 7 September before the excellent public responsewhich has surpassed all expectations, reaching the 19,000 visitors three months after its inauguration.
As the deputy for Culture recalled, Juan de Dios NavarroThis own production proposal is the sample largest temporary surface area occupied in the history of the museum and is intended to illustrate the succession of ancient sites who inhabited the site of La Albufereta of Alicante, using as vertebral axis the archaeological site of the Tossal de Manises.
Driven by the Alicante Provincial Council through the Archaeological Museum of Alicante and the C.V. MARQ Foundation, the exhibition has counted with the collaboration of a thirty Spanish cultural organisations among museums, archives and foundations that have lent part of their collections, pieces and materials for exhibition to the public, together with those of the provincial institution, which the MARQ has custody of.
The Tossal de Manises archaeological site is the backbone of this exhibition that focuses on the research, restoration, enhancement, protection and dissemination of the site itself, which have turned it into a socialised space open to the public. Cities of Light' is omisaried by Manuel Olcinadirector of MARQ, Rafael PérezThe exhibition was presented by the Director of the Architecture Department of the Provincial Council and by the Archaeology technicians of the C.V. MARQ Foundation, Eva Tendero and Antonio Guilabert.
Of the 19,000 people who have already visited the site, it stands out in the ranking of international backgrounds The most popular visitors came from Eastern European countries, followed by Great Britain, America, the Nordic countries, France, the Netherlands and Germany. Regarding the national originsIn addition to those from our province, in first place are those from Madrid, followed by Castilla La Mancha, Valencia, Andalusia and Castilla León.
