(ANSA) – ROME, NOV 26 – From the submerged Bay in the Phlegraean Fields to Alexandria in Egypt, Caesarea Maritima in Israel, Kizlan in Turkey, a dip in the blue to discover what looks like a sort of submerged museum of the ancient Mediterranean . The new European cultural itinerary “Mediterranean Underwater Cultural Heritage” starts from Italy and crosses the Mediterranean, turning the spotlight on the wonders of underwater archaeological tourism, presented today in Paestum at the XXIII Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism. A central topic of this year’s convention, underlines the director and founder of the Borsa Ugo Picarelli, because the initiative to present the new itinerary to the Council ‘Europe. “An itinerary fills a void, since among the 45 currently certified there is not one dedicated to archeology”, underlines the director of the BMTA, touchingly recalling the figure of the archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa, who in 2004 established the Superintendence of the Sea in Sicily, “thanks to him I understood the great potential for tourism and economic development offered by the submerged heritage. Sicily boasts 25 itineraries in 16 locations, the result of Sebastiano’s great work, but is lacking in terms of the development of integrated tourist services in the places of interest for which, at least for now, it cannot offer a real tourist product “The proposal puts on the network the underwater archaeological sites of Baia Sommersa in the Phlegraean Fields and the Submerged Park of Gaiola (Campania); Egadi Islands, Pantelleria, Plemmirio and Ustica (Sicily); Egnazia, Tremiti Islands, San Pietro in Bevagna (Puglia); Capo Rizzuto (Calabria); Pavlopetri and Peristera (Greece); Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt); Caesarea Marittima (Israel); Kizlan (Turkey) An incredibly precious heritage that has four sites in Italy and which, as underlined by Fabio Pagano, director of the Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park and Paolo Giulierini, Director of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, it would be right to make it accessible even to those who do not dive.
“The submerged park of Baia is one of the most iconic places in the Phlegraean Fields – underlines Pagano – Our goal is to bring the ancient heritage into the contemporary to tell ancient stories looking to the future”. And for this very reason, Giulierini announces, the Neapolitan museum along the lines of what was once the exhibition “Thalassa, submerged wonders from the Mediterranean”, commissioned by Tusa, will set up a permanent section that will revolve around the importance of the Mediterranean Sea.
If Sicily with its 25 itineraries is the queen of Italian submerged archeology, the Belpaese can count on the sites of Puglia and Calabria as well as Campania. Greece participates with Pavlopetri and Peristera; Alexandria of Egypt for Egypt; Caesarea Maritime for Israel; Kizlan for Turkey.
“Underwater archaeological research has managed to bring to light evidence of extraordinary value – points out Louis Godart, member of the Scientific Council of the” Maison de l’histoire européenne “in the European Parliament – The discovery of the wreck of Ulu Burun, datable to the second millennium BC along the coasts of Turkey, by now allows us to illustrate in a concrete way not only the intensity of the relations between the Near East and the Aegean, but also the spread of writing in a non-palatial context “. For the more adventurous, a heritage to be discovered (ANSA).
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