Alcossebre
The study starts to improve the surroundings of the Santa Lucía chapel, commissioned by the Alcala-Alcossebre Council
Specialists from the Polytechnic University of Valencia have already started work on the terrain
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Engineers in the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) working team commissioned with adding value to the environment of the Alcossebre Santa Lucía chapel have started the work by taking different topographical measurements in the area.
Alcala-Alcossebre Council has commissioned the study from the UPV to analyse and produce different proposals for works to be carried out to the Ermita de Santa Lucía and its surroundings and which will make better use of it as an iconic landscape and cultural place.
The Mayor Francisco Juan and the Town Planning Councillor, José Colom, recently met with professor Javier Poyatos, director of the UPV department of Architectural Composition in the Technical Architecture Higher School, to finalise the objective of the study and how to reflect it in different municipal activities.
The Mayor said that “Santa Lucía is a landscape with great patrimonial value and, because of its situation, from it can be seen spectacular views which make it a unique place. Therefore, we have to look after it and improve it so that it becomes another focal attraction in our municipality”. The arrival of a stage of the 2017 Vuelta a España cycle race next August will be a unique opportunity to publicise and promote this landscape.
The study will be carried out with the coordination of the Heritage Territory Management in accordance with the work which the Alcala-Alcossebre Council had already carried out last year with this agency, during which they considered different alternatives to improve the area. It is also planned that professors and engineers from the Jaume I University will take part under the direction of professor Diego López Olivares, in cooperation with the authors of the Alcala-Alcossebre Tourism Strategy Plan.
Among the possible tasks which are being considered to improve the surroundings, there are some alternatives such as the exploitation of the archaeological remains found during last year’s excavations, setting up a museum space and promoting the place as a privileged vantage point from where can be seen both the Mediterranean and inland to the Baix Maestrat
Engineers in the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) working team commissioned with adding value to the environment of the Alcossebre Santa Lucía chapel have started the work by taking different topographical measurements in the area.
Alcala-Alcossebre Council has commissioned the study from the UPV to analyse and produce different proposals for works to be carried out to the Ermita de Santa Lucía and its surroundings and which will make better use of it as an iconic landscape and cultural place.
The Mayor Francisco Juan and the Town Planning Councillor, José Colom, recently met with professor Javier Poyatos, director of the UPV department of Architectural Composition in the Technical Architecture Higher School, to finalise the objective of the study and how to reflect it in different municipal activities.
The Mayor said that “Santa Lucía is a landscape with great patrimonial value and, because of its situation, from it can be seen spectacular views which make it a unique place. Therefore, we have to look after it and improve it so that it becomes another focal attraction in our municipality”. The arrival of a stage of the 2017 Vuelta a España cycle race next August will be a unique opportunity to publicise and promote this landscape.
The study will be carried out with the coordination of the Heritage Territory Management in accordance with the work which the Alcala-Alcossebre Council had already carried out last year with this agency, during which they considered different alternatives to improve the area. It is also planned that professors and engineers from the Jaume I University will take part under the direction of professor Diego López Olivares, in cooperation with the authors of the Alcala-Alcossebre Tourism Strategy Plan.
Among the possible tasks which are being considered to improve the surroundings, there are some alternatives such as the exploitation of the archaeological remains found during last year’s excavations, setting up a museum space and promoting the place as a privileged vantage point from where can be seen both the Mediterranean and inland to the Baix Maestrat
