The consolidations in Begastri
Abstract
The following article describes the last consolidation works carried out in the archaeological site of Begastri, after the last excavation campaigns on the place known as “Cabezo de Roenas”/ “Hill of Ruins”, located on the right bank of the Quípar River, in Cehegín. Being its powerful wall one of the most representative architectural elements of the archaeological site, it describes the last consolidation and rehabilitation works done on this place and others.
The wall, built with large blocks and abundant masonry, runs through the city’s acropolis, adapted to the natural hill terrain on which it rises to make it impregnable. The fortification is composed of large sections and wide passage areas, with some quadrangular towers that reinforce its defense, and nullify its weak points.
The Oriental Door, although discovered in 1983, has been completely excavated in the last intervention carried out in May 2009. Eventually works of consolidation and musealization have been done on it.
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