Cultural heritage does not respect borders.
A good example of this is the Roman cities of Ammaia in Marvao, Contributa Lulia in Medina de las Torres
and the archaeological remains of Merida and the area of La Serena in Extremadura.
Historical monuments now the focus of cross-border research.
The research consists
of the use of a series of techniques which have as common denominator their non-invasive character,
in other words, they allow us to obtain a lot of information about archaeological sites
without needing to dig them up completely.
The techniques which have been used and which are being used in this project could be divided into two big groups.
First, techniques aimed at analyzing images both from satellites and our own aerial photography devices
and also, on the other hand, different prospection techniques,
both of the subsoil using geophysical methods and surface prospecting.
We have the heritage, the technology and the procedures developed by this project.
Why should we connect them?
To explain it in simple terms, what we want is that archaeological zones like those
we are studying stop being unfriendly places for visitors,
and that visitors find themselves with materials which help them to understand these remains,
to enjoy them, and so to increase the cultural attraction of these places
using the capital of our historical and archaeological heritage.
This means greater enjoyment of our historical legacy on the Spain-Portugal border.