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The "Loca Sacra" guided tour program will tour the sacred landscapes of Dénia

November 29 from 2013 - 00: 02

December bridge in Dénia mark the start of a new program of guided themed routes that will extend until spring and are intended to visit the holy places of the history of the city.

Loca Sacra (Holy places, in Latin), it will reveal the origins and identity of the sacred places of Dénia since Roman times. The first destination will be the Cova de l'Aigua (6 December), where Roman deposited oil lamps and coins to their gods. Sunday December 8 route to go house of Pare PereWhere Fray Pedro Esteve created his pecular landscape of the Holy Land, at the foot of the Montgó.

After the holidays, the routes on Sunday January 19 will resume already included in programming Activitats Family, with a visit to the Castell d'Olimbroi, the hill of San Nicolás and Les Rotes, sacred places for the Muslims who inhabited Daniya. On Sunday, January 26, the anniversary of Santa Paula will be celebrated with a route to the hermitage; On February 16, the destination will be the hermitage of Sant Antoni, from the XNUMXth century, a space for hermits in the Middle Ages; and the visits will end in the chapel of Santa LuciaThe March 23.

All these visits are free and will last approximately two and a half hours. While it is not necessary to sign up in advance, if recommended notify the 96 642 assistance by calling 02 60.

Josep Antoni Gisbert and Pepa Font

The municipal archaeologist, Josep Antoni Gisbert, explained that during the spring of 2014 visits will also be scheduled to the hermitage of Sant Joan and the archaeological complex of Penya de l'Àguila, in the Montgo. In addition, his department is working on the preparation of an explanatory brochure on the routes Temps de pansa y Loca Sacra.

Councilwoman culture, Pepa FontHe explained that these routes seek to expand tourism in the city as happened with the thematic routes on the matter, who came to gather 80 people in the same output.

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