In the late 1960s the Dámaso Navarro Group started work on the recovery of the Petrer's rich archaeological and ethnological heritage. Now, fifty years later, and thanks to the collections housed in the local museum that bears the name of the famous researcher, the MARQ has inaugurated an exhibition that offers visitors a walk through the history of this village in the Vinalopó Valley.
The Member of Parliament for Culture and Education, César Augusto Asenciohas presented the exhibition which, entitled Petrer. Archaeology and museum'.reviews the important sites of the area, such as the Roman artisan quarter of Villa Petraria, and includes objects typical of the pre-industrial society of Petreres.. The mayoress and the town's councillor for culture were also present, Irene Navarro and Fernando Portillorespectively, as well as the technical director of MARQ, Manuel OlcinaThe exhibition was curated by the director of the Dámaso Navarro Museum and curator of the exhibition, Fernando Tenderothe Managing Director of the Caja Murcia Foundation, Pascual Martínez, as well as the Managing Director of MARQ, José Alberto Cortés.
Asencio stressed that "knowing our roots and our history is essential and that is the purpose of the cycle of local museums that more than a decade ago, in 2004, opened a successful line of collaboration and dissemination between the MARQ and the town councils and museums of our province. From the Diputación de Alicante we have increased our efforts and commitment to provide this initiative with sufficient entity and enable the province of Alicante and the tourists who visit the MARQ to know that not only in the city of Alicante there are important findings, but we also have an extraordinary heritage throughout the Costa Blanca".
From prehistoric times to the contemporary period this new proposal, the thirteenth of the MARQ's 'Municipal Museums' programme, will close next May. In addition, and for the first time in this exhibition cycle, which began in 2004 with the exhibition dedicated to Crevillent, a new resource has been incorporated in the exhibition. easy reading to extend the MARQ's firm commitment to promote the both physical and cognitive accessibility to all audiences. International guidelines have been followed in terms of language, content and form.
The impressive castle -the province's unique defensive monument, the cave-houses of the wallthe Roman oven of La Fuente Street, belonging to the Villa Petraria, or the anti-aircraft position of the hill of El Altico, are some of the sites covered in this exhibition. It also features important pieces from the municipal collection, such as the Roman mosaic of Villa Petraria or the Islamic plasterwork of the Puça farmhouse The temporary exhibition rooms 'Enrique Llobregat' and 'Figueras Pacheco', as well as their respective access corridors.
Moreover, on the occasion of the public openingThe MARQ courtyard hosted a series of activities organised around the exhibition, such as an exhibition of the traditional act of 'rolling the fault'. of esparto grass or the performance of a grouping from dolçaina and tabalet.
