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SUMMER COURSE 2023 UPCT: THE VIA AUGUSTA AS THE BACKbone OF ROMAN HISPANIA. THE REVALUATION OF A CULTURAL ITINERARY
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SUMMER COURSE 2023 UPCT: THE VIA AUGUSTA AS THE BACKbone OF ROMAN HISPANIA. THE REVALUATION OF A CULTURAL ITINERARY
Throughout the Spanish geography there is an extraordinary cultural heritage that connects the territory through ancient Roman roads and, more specifically, through the Via Augusta. From the Pyrenees to Gades passing through Tarraco and Carthago Nova, among other places, the Via Augusta was the longest Roman road in Hispania, it facilitated the advance and movement of the Roman legions at first, but it also served for administrative purposes and on all commercial, guaranteeing the transport of goods and trade between cities, territory and ports. In this course we intend to address the importance of this classical legacy and how it has affected the conservation and appreciation of its Archaeological Heritage, taking a tour of different scenarios and enclaves of Roman Hispania.
Cities, municipalities and towns were connected in antiquity and today share a common heritage that are also the hallmarks of their citizens, so we will analyze the case of cities such as Tarragona, Cádiz or Cartagena, municipalities such as Lucentum (Tossal de Manines, Alicante), Elicroca (Lorca), or towns such as Los Torrejones in Yecla, as well as newer studies such as the toponymy of Roman Hispania and its persistence in the territory. Milestones, funerary monuments and monumental arches were markers of that ancient landscape, such as the Arch of Augusto de Mengíbar (Jaén), are testimonies of this cultural journey.
In the sessions of the course, novel proposals will also be discussed, such as the “Cycling tourism along the Vía Augusta” project and the Route through the Roman Bética that covers territories through which the road passed and incorporates places and spaces of great scenic, cultural and natural interest. . The experience is based on the sustainable revaluation of the cultural itinerary of Via Augusta.
Course Program:
Monday, July 17,
9:00-10:30 a.m.: “From Rome to Tarraco, and to the Ocean; the imperial post offices and the provinces of Roman Hispania”. Joaquin Ruiz de Arbulo Bayona. Professor of Archeology at the Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona.
11:00-12:30: "The Bay of Cádiz in antiquity: city and territory". Dario Bernal Casasola. Professor of Archeology at the University of Cádiz
12:30-2:00 pm: "On the outskirts of Via Augusta: the municipality of Lucentum". Manuel Olcina Domenech. Director of the Archaeological Museum of Alicante, MARQ
17.00- 20.30: "XV Anniversary of the Roman Theater Museum" and visit to the monumental complex. Elena Ruiz Valderas. Director of the Cartagena Roman Theater Museum.
Tuesday, July 18,
9:00-10:30 a.m.: “The Vía Augusta as it passes through Eliocroca (Lorca)”. Andres Martinez Rodriguez. Director of the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Lorca.
11:00-12:30: "Los Torrejones (Yecla. Murcia). A courtly villa from the Hadrianic period: novelties and future prospects”. Liborio Ruiz Molina. Director of the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Yecla.
12:30 - 2:00 pm: “Voices from the silence of the villas. Toponymy associated with the agricultural lands of Roman Hispania”. Raphael Sabio Gonzalez. Director of the National Museum of Underwater Archeology ARQUA.
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: “Vía Augusta as the backbone and generator of the rural landscape in the surroundings of Carthago Nova”. Antonio J. Murcia Muñoz. Curator of the Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena
7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.: "Archaeology in the Arch of Augustus: Caput Viae". Juan Pedro Bellón Ruiz. Professor of the Institute of Iberian Archeology of the University of Jaén. Wednesday, July
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9:00-11:30 a.m.: "Visit to the Roman Amphitheater of Cartagena, comprehensive project and news." Carmen Berrocal Caparros, director of the archaeological excavations in the Amphitheater, and Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz, Architect director of the Amphitheater Master Plan.
12:00-2:00 pm: “Cardos and decumanos, the urbanism of Carthago Nova”. Maria Jose Madrid Balance. Archaeological Heritage Service of the Cartagena City Council.
5:00-6:00 p.m.: “The Via Augusta in Roman Baetica”. Sponsored by Benjumea Fuentes. Responsible for the Route of the Roman Baetica.
6:30-8:30 pm: Round Table: Via Augusta, a cultural tourism experience
INFORMATION
Office of the Vice President for Students, Culture and Sports
cursos.verano@upct.es
www.upct.es/unimar
Phone: 968 33 88 18
Date : July 17-19, 2023
Place : Assembly hall of the Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena.
Timetable : From 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Course : 25 school hours
Address : Elena Ruiz Valderas
Code : 53512
Registration rules : To register, you must register through the website of the UPCT. Enrollment and attendance (80% compulsory) entitles you to obtain the corresponding accrediting diploma.
