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The Provincial Council of Alicante, through the MARQ, has promoted the tenth campaign of archaeological excavations in the Medieval town of Ifach. A total of 43 students of Archaeology from 15 universities Spanish and European countries will participate in this project, which will start next year.Wednesday 1 July and will run until 31 August.
The programme, in which the Calp Town Hall and the Natural Park of the Penyal d'Ifach, is directed by the MARQ archaeologist José Luis Menéndez and its main objective is to continue with the discovery of the access system to La Pobla, located in the West Sector and partially uncovered in previous campaigns.
This year, efforts will focus on completing the uncovering of a large building, identified as a Guard Corpswhich will provide vital information for the study of the internal organisation of this urban enclave, built from the year 1298 by Roger de LlúriaLord of Ifach and Calabrian admiral in the service of the Crown of Aragon. In addition, the programme will continue the extension of the necropolis area with the aim of concluding the excavation of the funerary area, which to date has yielded 48 tombs with more than 75 documented burials.
Likewise, the Diputación de Alicante, through the Architecture Areahas scheduled a performance for consolidate some structures and prevent future collapses of the walled enclosureThe wall is located on a stretch of the wall near the Puerta de Ifach.
At the same time, and taking advantage of the large number of tourists in Calp during the summer months, guided tours will be offered so that the public can learn first-hand about the latest news and the progress of the excavations. In addition, with the collaboration of the technical team of the Penyal d'Ifach Natural Park and the town council, the following activities will be organised didactic activities aimed at the youngest children so that they can discover the history of this medieval enclave, which has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural by the Ministry of Culture in 2011.
