| In addition, the regional deputy, Isabel María Sánchez Ruiz, has requested the collaboration and support of the Regional Government and the Ministry of Culture to achieve this goal | The PP of Totana has requested, through the presentation of a motion, the urgent preparation of the Master Plan of the Archaeological Site of La Bastida and to museum the existing infrastructure for a museum in said site.For her part, the regional Deputy, Isabel María Sánchez Ruiz, has requested the collaboration and support of the Regional Government and the Ministry of Culture to achieve this goal.The people of Totana are mobilized by the situation that is being experienced around the Bastida, since it has recently been known that the Mayor and his Government Team leave said enclave unguarded.Faced with this situation that will cause the Bastida to be unprotected in its entirety, the PP spokesman in the Totana City Council, Juan Pagán, has urgently and in writing requested the Mayor to proceed to hire the monitoring service of the Site for the months of November and December of this year and proceed to study the inclusion of said service in the next 2021, in addition to the presentation of the motion for the musealization of the existing infrastructure for museums and the execution of the Master Plan.Pagán has stated; "We consider it of utmost urgency that the Mayor, in addition to giving explanations of his management to the people of Totana, should study the formula to maintain surveillance of the Archaeological Site, one of the greatest jewels that the totaneros have and that must be one of the tourist claims of the municipality, it cannot be left unprotected and on the lookout for acts of vandalism.The archaeological site of La Bastida represents an enormous wealth for European prehistory in general and both its heritage value and the socio-political importance that this settlement had in the Bronze Age have made it a privileged focus in prehistoric research.The facilities located at the foot of the site have laid the foundations for the foundation of a research and dissemination center, within the framework of a future archaeological park.
This center is already functioning as a deposit and laboratory for the analysis and restoration of archaeological materials.To complete this archaeological park, not only the Site should be musealized, but the building annexed to the laboratory, built to house the Museum of the Bastida Site, and that the restored and investigated pieces could be exhibited in order to offer tourists or student a complete guided tour.This action must be accompanied by the urgent preparation of the specific Master Plan of the Bastida Archaeological Site, a document that must be carried out through a participatory process and consensus by the Local and Regional Administration, the scientific community and development experts.
tourist and cultural, a plan that should mark the lines of work and the major decisions to guide the future of the site.The Bastida Site, in addition to being a unique tourist resource in the West, baptized as the Troy of the West, is a tourist attraction for Totana and is economical for the hospitality and shops of the municipality.The Popular Party considers that Totana should have the Museum of the Archaeological Site of La Bastida as soon as possible and in addition to an interpretation center, especially considering that the infrastructures are made, one on site for the museum and another that is the Technological Center building that can house the site's interpretation center, exhibitions….
Source: PP Totana / Totana.com