The members of the municipalities and the technical staff of the Association of Municipalities of the Immediate Line and the Diputació de València met this week in Rafelbunyol to visit and evaluate the excavation works of the second phase of the project aimed at enhancing the war remains of the Civil war located in the place of the “Germanelli”.
during this second phase three of the existing bunkers have been excavated and connected to walkways between them, as well as conditioning the area around them.
It’s a visit to see how the works have evolved recovery from the beginning of the actions that had the presence of the mayor of Rafelbunyol, fran lopezthe adviser of Democratic Memory, Alicia Piquer, the municipal architect Rosa Fuentesthe archaeologist director of the excavation project, Quique Estevensthe secretary of the coordinator of the defense of the forest of Turia, the head of the historical memory section of the Provincial Council of Valencia, Francis Sanchithe technical coordinator of the association of immediate line municipalities, Jose Alexanderthe councilor of Patrimonio del Puig, Tonica Martí and the official chronicler of Puig, Julius Badenes.
Second fortified center in importance
A rehabilitation that brought to light the second most important fortified center of the Immediate Line in the northern area and which they visited in situ after the meeting in the plenary hall where Quique Estevens provided an explanation of the current state of the Master Plan.
The Municipality will complete the work by providing information and signs to remind the historical value of the environment
Fran Lopez, mayor of Rafelbunyol, underlined that “with this project we have succeeded recover the patrimonial and environmental value of the area, of great interest to the educational community and the general population we will complete with signage and interactive information so that anyone who visits it can understand the contribution of this group to the contemporary history of Valencia”.
“Thanks to the research work carried out during this second phase We found and rehabilitated three casemates in excellent condition and to which must be added the communication trenches between them that we hope to continue digging in the next interventions“says the councilor for democratic memory, Alicia Piquer.
