Record 27992: Medieval Town of Ifach is a National Interest Site of Cultural Heritage

Has finally received the news that both were waiting since 3 years ago began managing the declaration of the medieval town of Ifach as a National Cultural Heritage(BIC) with the Cultural Heritage Department of the Govern of Valencian Community.

We passed all phases establishes the administrative procedure, including relevant technical reports, the inspectors' visit, until last October the Director-General officially DGPCV that the file had been opened and forwarded to the Ministry of Culture proposal for inclusion in the Catalogue of Sites of National Cultural Interest.

Well, today in the City of Calp has received, sent by the Deputy Director General of Historical Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of Spain, dated March 7, 2011 final settlement of the medieval town of Ifach has been included in Register of Cultural Interest to the number 27992. Obtaining this number is important because it gives the site the highest category of protection available to to any monument, archaeological or heritage that exists in the Spanish territory, avoiding future construction and preserving the remains are now preserved for the future and can also access aids such as the Cultural 1% developed by the Central Government.

The satisfaction of all teamwork is huge on the news we shared with the city of Calpe and the Parque Natural d'Ifac Penyal and culminating many efforts and encourages us to continue in the next season starting in July this year.

I hung the link RTV Calp about the news:

http://www.rtvcalp.com/bic-para-la-pobla-d-ifac_n38687.html

IFACH 2011: LIVE THE SUMMER

Starting in June, and after finishing the
season with visiting schools, the staff of the Rock of Ifach be responsible for leading guided tours of the park. Since the early years these visits have been conducted every Wednesday, alternating personnel and park tourism. Tourism will continue to collaborate with this activity with the registration of participants in the offices and the possibility of a visit Saturday

So far, every Wednesday, and tourism staff have alternated natural park to guide a tour of the Rock of Ifach which visited the Vila Medieval archaeological excavations and a walk to the tunnel.

The tour began earlier this year and to date have had a participation of 200 people. As of June continue only with staff of the Rock that season after finishing school visits, taken back by fully guided tours. However the Department of Tourism will continue to work with the natural park with registration of visitors and the possibility of arranging visits on Saturday.

In the campaign for school visits, this year more than 1,100 students have visited the Rock of Ifach which have come to know the characteristics of this enclave, as well as its fauna and flora.

For the summer, from July the Natural Park recover the "Summer Experience" which aims to promote environmental education among the smallest with activities such as making bags aromatic gymkhanas archeology workshops. At last year about one hundred children participated in this project.

The activities of "Live the summer" ended in August, a period in which the Department of Environment regulates visits Ifach Natural Park in order to prevent overcrowding.

It is also planned this summer to recover one of the most successful activities for visitors wakes: the nocturnal excursions, which last year benefited from 8 outputs which involved 180 adults.

The Rock of Ifach has an average of 130,000 visits a year, something that is one of the most frequented parks in Valencia.

Returning to Ifach 2011 visits organized by the Tourism Council of the City of Calp

As in previous years, the excavations return summer trips organized by the Tourist Board of the City of Calp that have been so successful in previous years, outpacing all other offers that were made during the summer.

The attraction of the visit, enjoy the scenery above, in itself unique, is that it is not limited to a mere visiting from outside the archaeological remains. The visitor enters the site while we are working and can access the information at the time it appears. We can say that the experience is more interactive and intense than see the fence. This possibility of access to the heart of the excavation allows the visitor to appreciate the difficulties of archaeological work, the doubts that assail those responsible in terms of research, or watch almost three feet away, at that time is uncovered.

The experiences so far have been hugely successful since 3 years ago Calp City Council presented us the opportunity to visit the archaeological excavations. Remaining faithful to their full cooperation with the municipality and community, this nice propusiomos way to make the visit whose success year after year is remarkable.

This year the Department of Tourism Calpe Town Council has established that you are visiting day Friday during July and August, like last year with the exception of the time change, which happens to be at 8.45 am, very appropriate time given the intense heat was at 11 when the visit took place in previous years.

The visit usually lasts about an hour to be an easy trip, suitable for all audiences and footwear. The place of departure will be the base of the Penon de Ifach (next to parking) and reservations must be made in Calpe Tourist Offices in person, by phone at 965836920 or e-mail to calpestacion@touristinfo.net. Tours are offered in 3 languages: Spanish, English and French.

IFACH PROJECT ENTERS TWITTER

Following the policy of expansion of new technologies, now it is the turn of TWITTER, one of the centers of social networking with Facebook, we are already over a year and a half more concentrated activity and information. Its advantage over Facebook is the immediacy of the message, to report what happens at that time. We, for now, use it as a means of expanding the blog posts in spanish and english, which will improve access to information networks and speech Anglo-American in general. With access to the address or accessing Twitter Ifach Project is looking for enough to access project information found in blogs.

PROYECTOIFACH IN TWITTER

If made public yesterday the opening of the project's international blog into different languages, today we cover the last space that was left on social networks. We were on Facebook, Twitter now we are following our work to give all the details and activities of this research project which is located in Calp, Valencia, recently declared a National Heritage Site of Cultural Interest.

IFACH 2011: First discovery in Western Wall Area

Although the early days of any campaign are more focused on the excavation of surface layers and tend to spend more time until they begin to appear archaeological strata, we have the first structures located on the West Wall - Gate.

The structure has appeared in cleaning the area outside, next to the guard tower or tower 3 has appeared a wall that appears to be the continuation of the outer wall of the corridor that allows access into the population. At the moment it is early to make judgments and have to wait a while to clean the area and know which correspond exactly.

Anyway, a good start to the season in a sector that is obliged to give us many surprises this year.

SEEKERS HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGISTS OF THE ILLUSION

This morning, Thursday 6th June, as we have announced few weeks ago, has begun the third edition of archaeologists for a day, a learning activity organized by the Natural Park of Penyal d'Ifac of the Department of Infrastructure, Territori i Medi Ambient de la Generalitat Valencia, designed to raise awareness among children, archaeological research we are doing in the medieval town of Ifach 7 years. Channel 9 TV, like others, has made a small report in the beginning of the activity:

http://www.rtvv.es/va/alacant/xiquets-arqueolegs-dia-penyal-difac_0_511748875.html

Thus, children entering the reservoir area are bounded where a "dig" to open. While they appear excavated pottery shards after wash, mend and study, completing the corresponding tabs until you find the historical keys to help them understand the remains of Ifach and historical sense.

For us, participating actively in the business for 3 years, "directing" the work of these "History seekers " continues to generate the same feelings. See their faces forward to get the surprise to any discovery and the manner of expression, every year that passes we are left with the word in the mouth. They no longer speak of stones when they see the remains of the church. and say "carved stone" using the same words we can use in any explanation of the population do. To our knowledge, reservations for this month are almost complete, like every year.

Many are interested in participating, for a few hours of discovery and receive at the end of the day, the prize for his research: his diploma as an archaeologist, and archaeologists for a day.

IFACH 2011: FIRST WORKSHOP

Since the first day coincided sabbath day, the first talk has been devoted to give an overview of everything that has been done in the previous year, highlighting the return of cultural interest granted by the National Goverment to the site and delivery Culture Prize of Vila de Calp in the month of October.

Both have been a huge satisfaction for all and gave us even more eager to continue working, which also presented the results of different lines of work open and the first analytical findings concerning paleoenvironmental made, the studies in carved stone and radiocarbon dating works that have been doing this year. In addition, park staff has welcomed all members of the team and have set goals this campaign and distributed to staff between different areas of work next Monday. Keep you informed.