The Archaeological Museum of Alicante organised for the weekend, in collaboration with the ONCE, a full programme of activities and activities for the didactic activities for blind and visually impaired students. The initiative, which involved 36 pupils of Compulsory Secondary Education, Baccalaureate and formative cycles from different parts of the Valencian Community and Murcia, included a guided-descriptive tour to the Roman city of Lucentumin the Tossal de Manises.
During the tour, the boys were accompanied by the technical director of MARQ. Manuel OlcinaThe site, which has been declared a World Heritage Site, has been declared a World Heritage Site. Historic-Artistic Monument in 1961. This enclave is perfectly adapted for visually impaired people thanks to its information panels in Braille and also has a replica of the bronze hand found in 2005 in this archaeological park.
The Member of Parliament for Culture Juan Bautista Roselló pointed out that this type of initiative is the result of the commitment of the Diputación de Alicante to promote processes of normalisation and integration of people with disabilities. It is a project that responds to the desire to make our museum and its archaeological parks an accessible and open space 'for all and of all' citizens.
This proposal, developed together with the Educational Resources Centre of the ONCE Alicante, is part of the project "A weekend of Augustus" which also provides for the implementation of games, workshops and dramatised performances The event coincided with the bimillenary of the death of the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Another of the activities they carried out was the tasting of dishes based on recipes by the Roman writer Apicius.
