After a while, living in Almuñécar, a few miles to the west of Motril, you can become ‘immune’ to its archaeological treasure and it is only when visitors come and express admiration for the sheer quantity of historical monuments, ranging from those left behind by the Phoenicians and up to the Moors, that you sort of ‘snap out of it.’
A recent group of visitors from the UK, including a curator at the British Museum, Mr Jonathan N. Tubb, was shown around the Cueva de Siete Palacios and the archaeological remains of the fish-salting factory which dates back 200 years before Christ.
It is sad indeed that some of these monuments have been neglected, such as the Puente de Noy necropolis, which has been ignored since the late 70′s, and not to mention the recent scandal of mountains of archaeological finds, dating back over 2,000 years in some cases, being left in plastic fruit crates in a damp, unguarded cellar… but at least this kind of visitor will help to put Almuñécar ‘on the map.’
The Seaside Gazette, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
