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The deputy spokesman of the Socialist parliamentary group, Begoña García Retegui, will present several initiatives in the Regional Assembly in connection with the burial of the head of Uncle Pio, Archena.
García Retegui denounces the deplorable condition and the breach of any law for the protection of this valuable archaeological site.
Therefore demands an explanation from the Ministry of Culture and calls for urgent shaped undertake an archaeological excavation to catalog, retrieve and complete the study on the property which may be in that field.
These remains are of great importance to be most representative of Iberian culture.
Both the village and the cemetery date back to the sixth century C. A
In fact, one of his pieces, the famous Warrior Vase, is in the National Archaeological Museum.
In addition, more than a hundred of its objects are scattered in the archaeological museums of Murcia, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and in some private collections.
Protection status
The processing that has followed this set is as follows: in 1980, began the processing of archaeological monument record.
Subsequently, a report from the Academy of San Fernando stressed the special significance of the site and the need to protect.
In 2006 he was declared of cultural interest in archaeological zone category.
In the subsidiary rule Archena Township is collected, also, as a well protected and outlines the archaeological zone.
Despite all this, it has been plundered and destroyed the burial of the head, found today in a sorry state of preservation.
The deputy noted that given the parlous state of the whole, there have been numerous complaints to the Municipal Police and Seprona for urban intervention in the area, by the Ateneo de Archena Villa, the last during last Christmas.
García Retegui said that the works of urbanization and deforestation are promoted by the council itself Archena and "neither the council nor the autonomous region have done nothing to prevent this deterioration despite its significance."
He recalled that the mayor of Archena, Marcos Manuel Sanchez, regional deputy, introduced just in 2004 a Regional Assembly motion calling for the protection of the site and approved the draft work of archaeological recovery Uncle Pio.
"Paradoxically, now in his capacity as mayor is directly responsible for the development works and remove."
The socialist parliamentary motion calls on the Ministry of Culture explanations for this, and to devote resources to archaeological heritage management needs.
"We believe also that the creation of a Center would be an excellent addition to the protection of this site," he concluded.
Source: PSRM-PSOE
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