restoration Rich room Medina Al Zahra is facing the final stage after a long period of closure, and if it will soon be possible to visit it freely, the access roads must be in the best possible condition. He works on it … now Andalusian Military CouncilWhich will invest approximately one million euros between the end of 2025 and the whole of 2026.
The Autonomous Administration is working on work that seeks to “rearrange and adapt the paths” taken by visitors to the space officially called Abdul Rahman III Hall, as it is the place where the Caliph received ambassadors and dignitaries. It is reached from the east, that is, from the area The great eastern balcony.
The contract – which has just been put out for tender – has a budget of €807,954.46, which with VAT amounts to €977,624.90, with an implementation period of Nine months Between 2025 and 2026. This comes after updating the contract, which increased by more than 350 thousand euros to reach the current amount.
The work also includes the restoration of historical monuments Walnut RoadIt is one of the methods that is in the “best state of understanding and visualization by the user.” It is one of the historical roads and leads to the bridge of the same name.
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Different sections of roads should be built there. Corridors To pass visitors and protect the areas in it The original sidewalkThis is due to the necessity of preserving it.
The report prepared by the Andalusian Military Council says that the increase in the number of visitors to the city of the Caliphate in recent years has caused “progressive progress.” He wears Circulation areas, especially the sidewalk in the arrivals area and the initial promenade up to the north door.
This was confirmed with the Declaration of Medina Al-Zahra World Heritagein the summer of 2018, which brought with it a “sharp increase” in the number of visits. Opening up areas that had not been possible to visit to the public until now made the council want to “rearrange”. flow And visitor circulation paths.
Clearing and grading will be combined with driveways and protection of original sidewalks
This will achieve one of the primary goals, which is that the visit to Madinat al-Zahra “is carried out in a safer way for them and for their benefit.” Special attention will be paid to cleaninggrouting, repair, land leveling and disposal of new additives, among other aspects.
Thus, the Ministry of Culture continues to deduct the steps until the moment the restoration work of the Rico Hall is completed, which can now be visited within the program.’Open for business“, in a directed and coordinated manner, but when the repair of the facade and the interior is completed, it will be integrated into Visits The usual.