The Deputy for Culture, César Augusto AsencioThis morning he attended the reception of a valuable medieval piece in the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. It is a funerary tombstone from 1448located in the vicinity of a construction site on the Paseo Marítimo in Altea, which has been temporarily deposited in the MARQ until its origin and final destination are confirmed. Asencio, accompanied by the technical director of the centre, Manuel Olcinaexplained that "The tombstone dates from the reign of Juan II of Castile and is an exceptional find given the rarity of this type of burial. The technicians have begun research work to determine its origin, although everything suggests that it comes from León and could have belonged to the cloister of the Monastery of San Julián and Santa Basilisa de Ruiforco, the pantheon of the Kings of León, which has now disappeared.".
In the centre of the piece, which is very thick - measuring 1.37 in length by 0.92 in width - we can make out the figure of a lady, dressed in a tunic and wearing a veil, who lies with her face forward and her eyes closed, holding in her hands an incomplete sign with the legend "Miserere mei [deus secundum] magnam miseri [cordi...]".
