they are around 90 Roman fish farms preserved on the Mediterranean coastsheltered by a sea of calm waters. From them, five in Spain and four in the province of Alicante. Albufereta, El Campello, Calp and Xàbia show Two centuries after its construction, a high-level engineering structure and also an economic power associated with its construction.
Originally its usefulness was attributed to venues. salting fish. They were (and popularly still are) regarded as such in the 17th and 18th centuries. queen baths, by associating his creation with someone of high rank. Investigations by MARQ disproved the first two theories that identified nurseries in the province as nurseries. They were for fish and were part of luxury villas as a symbol of difference.
The feature of this national heritage being concentrated in the province is Alicante Archaeological Museum become the headquarters an international meeting, will be celebrated From the 27th to the 29th of this month, around these structures. A group experts from different Mediterranean countries Rather than analyzing it from a social or economic perspective, he will focus on determining how these Roman ruins are indicative of relative change in sea level.
an opportunity
“Analysis of this aspect was missing,” says MARQ manager Manuel Olcina, who evaluates this meeting in Alicante as follows. opportunity to expand research to these Roman ruins. “In order for them to work well, they have to be at a very high elevation above sea level for water to flow in and out, and if you look at nurseries We know whether the water is rising or notNot just because the sea rose, but because tectonic movements may have occurred on land.
In this way, these structures can be included in the project. studies with new parameterssays the archaeologist, who visited different nurseries in Alicante with a team to collect the necessary data for the workshop.
“Let’s workgeological slope To show whether there were changes in relative sea level during these years, although from what we examined these changes appear to have been minimal in Alicante. All of these need to be analyzed, so we believe that this colloquium will enlighten us on this methodology, and from there we want to create a team dedicated to this work.
protection status
Olcina guarantees the availability of nurseries on the coast of Alicante relatively acceptable situation. «Those in Calpe can be in service today because everything is in its place and in its place. Approximately 30 meters of Xàbia’s entrance and exit channels have been preservedand floodgates. It had to be impressive. We do not know whether this working condition is real, whether it is due to a tectonic movement that displaced it or a rise in the sea.
It was part of the Roman town of Albufereta, at the foot of Lucentum, “because they were looking for magnificent places.”
The most perishable are those in El Campello, which is the only place that could have a commercial purpose since they are not associated with any town.