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The network of museums in Caravaca de la Cruz recorded a total of 24,025 visitors, representing an increase of 16.53% over the same period in 2015 during the first quarter of the year.
Museums highest number of entries received during the first four months of the year are dedicated to the celebration of the Wine Horses, with 8,815, followed closely by the Vera Cruz, with 8,225.
Third is the Museum of Ethnic Music-Collection White Fadol, with 4,255 visitors.
The councilor responsible for directing the area of ​​Tourism, Gloria Gómez, has positively assessed the statistics of the municipal Department of Tourism and has stated that "in the total number of visitors, an increase of about 3,500 people when compared with the last year, we also include the Interpretation Center of Nature Sources of the Marquis, which could previously only be accessed by prior arrangement visit and now opens its doors to the public daily. "
Activities of the International Museum Day
The City of Caravaca de la Cruz, through its Department of Culture and Tourism, has joined the celebration of International Museum Day with a series of activities that began last weekend and will continue on Saturday and Sunday of this week.
On Saturday and Sunday, 21 and 22 May, the network of museums in Caravaca de la Cruz held open days.
In addition, he said Saturday at 20.00 hours, will be a concert in the small square of the Archaeological Museum of 'La Soledad', which will be headed by a brass quintet of the musical group Caravaca de la Cruz.
On Sunday, 22, at 11.00 am a guided tour of the quarries and Roman temples Historic Site Strait of the Incarnation, which will be led by the municipal archaeologist Francisco Brotóns will be held.
The sanctuary of The Incarnation is one of the few peninsular pre-Roman structures that allows a thorough analysis of the transformations of beliefs, rites and images of worship after the arrival of the Romans to the Peninsula in the late third century BC of Christ, and also remains of the temples that the Romans built on the old Iberian shrine, whose stout walls were finally incorporated into the structure of the chapel of the Incarnation.
The International Museum Day is coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), which takes place every year around the May 18 event.
This year is celebrated under the theme "Museums and cultural landscapes'.
It is an opportunity to educate the general public about the role and challenges of museums in the development of society.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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