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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH INFORMATION
SUPPLIED BY THE ENGLISH COUNCILLORS IN
SAN
FULGENCIO AYUNTAMIENTO (TOWN HALL).
COUNCIL
NEWS:
THE
THREE KINGS PARADE MONDAY 5th JANUARY IN LA
MARINA...
The Three Kings procession “Cabalgata de
Reyes” in the municipality of San Fulgencio will include a tour of
La Marina urbanisation on Monday 5th January, beginning at 4pm
outside Supervalu Supermercado in calle
Amsterdam. The route through the
urbanisation will take them along calle Amsterdam, calle Rio Segura,
Ave de Europa, Plaza Sierra Castilla, ave Londres, San Juan de la
Cruz, stopping in the large Consum car park at calle Justo Antonio
Quesada. The parade leave the urbanisation via calle Monaco, calle
Dublin and Maria Calas.
The cavalcade will then proceed through the streets of
San Fulgencio. At the conclusion of the procession they will stop
outside the Town Hall.
It is customary for the three kings to hand out
presents to the children and this will take place in the Cardinal
Belluga theatre when they arrive their between 7.30 & 8pm on the
5th January. Parents wishing to hand in children’s presents for the
three kings to present this evening in the theatre can do so at the
theatre between 12 midday and 4pm the same
day.
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THE
AIM COUNCILLORS STATEMENT AFTER THE MANUEL BARRERA
SAGA:
Our
current position is this:
We were
elected by AIM members and urbanisation residents with a
mandate to give the people of the urbanisations a voice in the
Town Hall for the very first time. The articles of constitution for
our political party are emphatic in that our responsibility is to
represent the political will of the people, not the political
ambitions of one man. With your support we will continue to work
as independent councillors.
PARQUE DEL
MOSA
PARQUE DEL MOSA WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A BEAUTIFUL
PARK FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO ENJOY IN 2009. TENDERS HAVE BEEN INVITED
FOR THIS PARK AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OTHER PUBLIC GREEN
AREAS. THE COUNCIL WILL OPEN THESE TENDERS SOON AND ASSIGN THE WORK
TO THE ALLOTTED COMPANY.
Here is an artists
impression of what Parque del Mosa will be developed into...
NEW STREET SIGNS GOING UP...
It is easy to see that the new colourful street signs that
have been erected on previously unnamed streets is making life a lot
easier for many people in La Marina. The council has instigated this
for new streets initially. Many of the older streets will
also receive new street signs early next
year.
PRO-ACTIVE POLICING IS NOW IN OPERATION IN LA
MARINA....
The public have been informed in numerous
recent newspaper articles and publications that anti social behaviour and abuse of
peoples property will not be tolerated. The Policia Local now
have new vehicles and new officers, they will also work
covertly. Officers will sometimes be in plain clothes and
unmarked vehicles to pinpoint those people involved in anti-social
behaviour, those using illegal cars on the roads and those
commiting driving offences.
RENEWED PEST CONTROL PROGRAMME....
Many palm trees have been infected. We have instigated a new
pest control programme to combat the recent infestations of the palm
beetle, cockroaches and other insects. A specialist company has been
appointed.
ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS AND OWNERS THAT ALLOW THERE ANIMALS
TO DEFECATE ON PUBLIC PATHS AND GREEN
AREAS....
The council is keen to implement the animal welfare laws and
the social welfare laws for animals. Any person found neglecting,
abusing or abandoning an animal will be fined. Also, any
person that allows an animal to defecate in public areas
without removing it immediately to dispose of
it correctly will receive a fine. It is important to
realise that EVERY pet must be controlled in public areas with a
collar or harness and a retaining lead at all times, and it
must be registered in the town hall animal register.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS OF THE “LA ESCUERA” IBERIAN
TEMPLE
Again this year archaeological excavations were
implement in San Fulgencio on the early Iberian settlement of “La
Escuera” located to
the south of the urbanisation.
The archaeological works are being carried out by
students of archaeology of the University of Alicante, under the
direction of D. Lorenzo Abad Casal, professor of archaeology, Dña.
Feliciana Sala Sellés, teacher of archaeology and D. Jesus Moratalla
Jávega, also a professor of archaeology from the University of
Alicante.
The objective of the current work is to clean and then
graphically record the archaeological remains of the Iberian temple
sanctuary dating back to the third century BC that are visible
thanks to the original work carried out by Swedish archaeologist
Solveig Nordström in June to November 1960. Solveig Nordström,
currently residing in Benidorm, was invited to see the work
currently being performed by the team from Alicante University. She
spent a full day with the team on Thursday 26th July
2007. Now 84 years old
she was overjoyed to see her work, carried out 47 years earlier,
being brought up to date and catalogued.
In the third century BC the “La Escuera” settlement
covered an area of three square kilometres, only a very small
section of this early Iberian City site has been revealed to modern
day man. The goal of the archaeologists who have worked on this site
is to preserve it for future generations. They would dearly love to be
able to spend time unearthing more of the ancient city but funding
for this is a major obstacle. It takes many months, sometimes years,
of delicate and vigilant work to ensure that anything of importance
is not missed or damaged during a dig. They will return in July next
year to continue the excavations of this important site.
Solveig Nordström is a hero to modern day
archaeologists. In 1955 she prevented the destruction of the
archaeological remains of an ancient Roman City located in Alicante
by lying on the ground in front of the bulldozer that had been
brought in to level the ground to make way for a new hotel complex.
Her bravery was reported worldwide and this site is now confirmed to
be the ancient Roman city of “Lucentum”. Her endeavour culminated in the “Lucentum” site
being designated in 1961 as an "Artistic and Historic Monument",
which then afforded it some legal protection. For more information
on Lucentum click here
After
Solveig Nordström’s
excavation of the La Escuera site in 1960 she wrote a book detailing
her work. This book is remarkable as even by today’s standards it is
a very precise record of the archaeological
remains.
The new San Fulgencio councillor Mick Blake stated “We
want to ensure that everyone in this area knows of local historical
treasures. Those who wish to become involved in the protection and
conservation of the local environment will be invited to do so. Most
of the finds from this site and from the “El Oral” excavations (in
the quarry) are on exhibition in the Alicante “MARQ” museum. MARQ museum site
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