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The remains of Barranda and Archivel are so far the only military castles associated with the civil war between Caesar and Pompey
The pre-Roman sanctuary of the hamlet of La Encarnación caravaqueña has been studied in the scientific meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Mérida, under the CSIC, held last week.
Professor and Chair of the University of Murcia Sebastian F.
Ramallo and municipal archaeologist Caravaca de la Cruz, Francisco Brotóns, presented the latest research on the remains of the Incarnation, focusing on the importance of the Iberian sculptural elements, recovered under the floor of the temple, to the study of religious transformations occur from the arrival of the Romans to the peninsula and to the beginning of the first century after Christ.
The sanctuary of the Incarnation, according to information provided by the Archaeological Museum of La Soledad, "is one of the few sanctuaries prerromanos peninsular which allows a detailed analysis of the changes in the beliefs, rites and cult images after Romans came to the peninsula at the end of the third century BC and still has remains of temples built by the Romans on the Iberian sanctuary old, whose old and sturdy walls were finally incorporated into the structure of the Chapel of the Incarnation " .
Meanwhile, the remains of castles and Roman Barranda Archivel also been analyzed in other scientific meeting convened recently by the University of Alicante.
This meeting was convened by Professor Feliciano room to analyze the impact they had on the territory of the Levant and Southeast civil conflicts of the first century Roman BC.
In Alicante, the Foundation archaeologist Antonio Roman Theatre of Cartagena and Murcia municipal archaeologist Caravaca, Brotóns Francisco, presented the latest work in these deposits dating from the time of Julius Caesar.
The councilman of Culture, Maria Cruz Perez, has reported that "were announced the results of the actions that have been undertaken in recent years thanks to the initiative and joint financing of the European Social Fund, the Employment Service and Training Murcia Region and the city of Caravaca, and both archaeologists have conducted over the years with other top professionals including include Juan Garcia Sandoval, Maria Juana Muñoz Marín and Antonio J. Ruiz Medina ".
The Roman castles located more than a decade and Archivel Barranda are the only Roman military structures of the Iberian Peninsula, so far, and outside the walls of Roman cities, have been linked to the civil war between cesarean and Pompeii.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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