Archaeological Museum And Roman Salting Factory : Official Murcia Region tourist site (original) (raw)

During Late Antiquity, the Port of Mazarrón was an important economic center on the Murcian coast linked to fishing activity.

Next to the port facilities was located (during the 4th-5th centuries AD) a a large salting factory that occupied a large area on the right bank of the bay.

The current museum preserves part of the structures of this important industrial complex dating from Roman times and used to manufacture salting fish and sauces. fish.

The factory has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest with an Archaeological Zone Category, through Decree No. 33/1995 of May 12 (BORM No. 141 of 06/20/95), both by the entity of the Roman complex, as well as for its extension, as well as for its contribution to the knowledge of the economic bases of the area, during the Roman imperial era.

This Salting Factory is an example of the importance that the industries of the fish they had in the Roman period, when the products made in this type of company were essential in all the cuisine of the Empire. The characteristic elements common to all the factories were the salting pools or tanks, in which the fish was macerated with salt and different products were made, such as the so-called Garum, the most famous of fish sauces. and that reached very high prices in the Roman market.

In the museum, in addition to the exhibition of the archaeological remains in situ of the Salting Factory, there is also an exhibition of the rich archaeological heritage that it has Mazarrón and the Port of Mazarrón.