Puig de sa Morisca's archaeological heritage.

 

Saturday, 19th August 2023

Calvià Town Hall will claim the Puig de sa Morisca's archaeological heritage to the Mallorca Council, which will be exhibited in the new museum

These are 260 pieces that, according to the museum coordinator, are just the "tip of the iceberg"

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Calvià Town Hall will claim the Mallorca Council to return to the municipality the objects found in the Puig de sa Morisca excavations. This has been announced by the mayor of the municipality, Juan Antonio Amengual, who does not doubt the good harmony between both institutions so that the archaeological heritage accumulated over more than half a century of excavations —now deposited in the Museum of Mallorca— can be exhibited at the Puig de sa Morisca Museum, in which a foundation made up of the Town Hall (50%), the Mallorca Council (25%) and the Government of the Balearic Islands (25%) participate. The Puig de sa Morisca enclave is the largest peri-urban park in the municipality with an area of 45 hectares that accommodates an abundant archaeological, ethnographic, natural and landscape heritage, in which the main site dating from the Iron Age, between approximately the years 900 to 123 before Christ, stands out. There are also Punic, Talayotic and Islamic vestiges. 

«We are about to open, we hope in a few months, as soon as possible. Both the museum and the Puig de Sa Morisca area are largely unknown to the Calvià citizens themselves. We are working on an agreement with the Consell de Mallorca to bring the archaeological objects to the municipality that will be available to residents and tourists," Amengual said.

The Puig de sa Morisca coordinator, Manel Calvo, has remarked that “Calvià is one of the richest municipalities in terms of archaeological heritage. We have selected 260 pieces for the permanent exhibition, but that is only the tip of the iceberg”.

The park receives around 70.000 visitors a year, a figure that is expected to increase once the museum is fully operational, with a surface area of 1.500 square metres on two floors that offers multipurpose spaces for exhibitions, conservation, teaching, and events. The museum —with a cost of around 1.8 million euros financed with funds from the Sustainable Tourism Tax— will come to life with the permanent exhibition and will serve as a deposit and study place for several hundred boxes of archaeological remains.