Some 600 square meters more than visitable area, 1,100 square meters of geotextile material separating the old from the modern, 100 indicator elements, 160 cubic meters masonry, 7 cubic meters of chairs and 360,000 Euros. In addition, some of the numbers fifty archaeologists and techniciansresulting in museumization of two doors Another step in the rescue of the Lucentum district, this essential enclave in the city’s history.
Actions coordinated by the MARQ director, Manuel Olcinaand director of the Diputación Department of Architecture, Rafael Perez started last May and although the work has actually been completed, it will not be until now this December when the whole project is finished and ready for visitors to understand the importance of these two enclaves of the enclosure; 5% of the surface on the route of 13,000 square meters, visitors about 30,000 people every year.
Funded by Diputación through Culture and Architecture, the project has been reconstructed for better understanding. east gate and sea gate the second of the walled enclosure, the main entrance to the city of Rome. “This makes a Roman city more understandable; Lucentum is a citysurrounded by walls and having streets, a forum, shops, baths inside… the fact that the visitor can enter through one door and exit through the other gives him an idea. city dimensions, The regularity of the urban order and the rationality of Roman civilization,” Manuel Olcina assured.
“We have always worked with two parameters – said the MARQ director -, rigorous research and public transferd and this intervention is what research puts on the table to make it intelligible and to socialize knowledge”.
For Rafael Pérez, increasing the itinerary by 5% seems “less”, but “too much given the quality of what we’ve transformed into a museum with two gates to the city of Rome”. “It feels great to be able to tell the full story of this enclave; the curved wall at the east door, the back, the wall that protects it… What we do while museumizing is to leave the remains of different moments. Being able to tell evolution but we’ve always been very respectful. We stop the reconstruction when the hypothesis starts“.
this Sea gate from the time of Tiberius (14 to 31 years of our era), Released in 2016. “The wall is older and when they open the street, they break the door and create a simple arch over the street leading to the forum,” Olcina notes. “In the second phase they built two temples on one side and the other to monumentalize the gatetwo statues of members of the imperial family, possibly a novelty in this intervention”.
Vice President and Vice President of Culture, Julia ParraVisiting new areas with the deputy of architecture, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zaratewith the participation of the manager MARQ Foundation, Jose Alberto Cortes activities in the protection, conservation and development of this area, as well as facilitate the understanding of the findingsessential to fulfilling our mission of promoting a more accessible culture to a wider audience”.
For González de Zárate, the collaboration between MARQ and Arquitectura is important “to continue working on it”. one of the state’s most prized gems and to contribute to the promotion of cultural tourism, a proposal that the City Council has recently invested heavily in”.
Culture has contributed to excavations in these areas. In addition to human resources, 100,000 Euros and Architecture, 260,000 Euros.
The temple as a natural site
Turn the forum’s sanctuary into a museum temple you hide 26 square meters of marble flooring, This is one of the most ambitious proposals the team of experts has worked on since 2017. large stage areawhere they can do seat performances this would be removed later.
Managed budget to undertake these tasks, 500.000 euros, “Same cost to put together massive infrastructure” placed on the site to host programming in the summer. “Something this city lacks.”
The following actions to be performed in Lucentum, museumization of the baths excavated this year, In addition to working on placement of screens where virtual reconstructions are made by applying new technologies.
It would be a longer term project connect the forum to the east gatedigging the road connecting the two residential areas.