{"id":34450,"date":"2020-12-22T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/2020\/12\/22\/la-fundacion-marq-abre-al-publico-la-cova-de-lor-con-nuevos-servicios-y-visitas-guiadas-al-yacimiento\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:59:00","slug":"la-fundacion-marq-abre-al-publico-la-cova-de-lor-con-nuevos-servicios-y-visitas-guiadas-al-yacimiento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/la-fundacion-marq-abre-al-publico-la-cova-de-lor-con-nuevos-servicios-y-visitas-guiadas-al-yacimiento\/","title":{"rendered":"The MARQ Foundation opens the Cova de l'Or to the public with new services and guided tours of the archaeological site."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archaeological Museum of the Diputaci\u00f3n de Alicante (Alicante Provincial Council)<\/strong> inaugurated this morning the exhibition Cova de l'Or: Site museum, research, protection and opening of a sanctuary from the 6th millennium BC'.<\/strong>This coincides with the adaptation of the Interpretation Centre of this enclave and of the Beniarr\u00e9s archaeological site itself for its opening to the public with a guided tour service.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This was announced this morning by the first vice-president and deputy for culture, Julia Parra<\/strong>who presented the exhibition together with the mayor of Beniarr\u00e9s, Miguel \u00c1ngel Sanch\u00eds<\/strong>the managing director of the MARQ Foundation, Jos\u00e9 Alberto Cort\u00e9s<\/strong>the director of MARQ, Manuel Olcina<\/strong>and the curators of the exhibition, Jorge Soler<\/strong> and Rafael P\u00e9rez<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The head of Culture stressed \"the importance of having a new museum space thanks to the work of all the technical, scientific and administrative teams that have been taking the necessary steps for seven years to make the Cova de l'Or a cultural and tourist attraction\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For his part, Sanch\u00eds also highlighted the impact that this site will have on rural tourism and invited the public to come to the MARQ these days \"to find out what has been found inside the cave with a proposal for all audiences\".<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The curator of Prehistory and curator of the exhibition, Jorge Soler, explained that the aim of this new proposal is to highlight the value of this important archaeological site in the Benicadell mountain range <\/strong>which has proved essential for <\/strong>knowledge of the Neolithic<\/strong> on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. As of January, and thanks to an agreement between the MARQ Foundation <\/strong>and the Beniarr\u00e9s Town Council<\/strong>The tour is of cultural and scenic interest and includes the cave and the Interpretation Centre of the site, which has been declared a World Heritage Site. Bien de Inter\u00e9s Cultural<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Developed by the Department of Architecture of the Provincial Council of Alicante<\/strong>The work began in 2016, culminating in 2020. Representing this area, Rafael P\u00e9rez, also curator of the exhibition, explained that the evocation of the sanctuary has inspired the adaptation project to recover the mouth of the cavity, cleaning the interior and placing human-scale figures under the oculus of the entrance. In addition, the exterior has been fitted out for visits and the access has been improved with a walkway that allows visitors to visit the interior and immerse themselves in the atmosphere of those early Neolithic times. These works have required a investment of 105,000 euros<\/strong> 25,000 more for conservation and dissemination.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 Discovered in the 1930s, various archaeological excavations have been carried out in the area. The most fruitful campaigns were directed in the 1950s by Vicente Pascual P\u00e9rez<\/strong> and in the 1970s and 1980s by Bernat Mart\u00ed Oliver<\/strong>affecting areas close to the entrance. In the 21st century, the MARQ proposed several interventions in relation to the project to enhance and open up the cave, which have led to a better understanding of the mouth of the cave and its surroundings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The material elements found in the Cova de l'Or bear witness to the importance of the occupation in the Ancient Neolithic<\/strong> (5500-5000 BC), when the cave was a suitable place for habitation. The discovery of an important ceramic repertoire<\/strong> symbolic<\/strong> marks it as a special place, a sanctuary where ceremonies and rites may have been performed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Museo Arqueológico de la Diputación de Alicante ha inaugurado esta mañana la muestra ‘Cova [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqalicante-admin.qwair.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}