Festum Alonis VII, Roman life in Villajoyosa will take place on April 21 and 22, 2018.

 

(All the events will be translated into Spanish sign language and English. The presentation of the book will be only in its language of edition, Spanish)

 

Programme 2018
 

Saturday 21 April
 

10 am Special guided tour of the Bou Ferrer workshop

Discover the latest news about the biggest Roman shipwreck being excavated in the Mediterranean.

Price: 1.50 € + entrance fee

Location: Vilamuseu
 

11 am Themed tour “The Roman City of Allon in Vilamuseu”

A guided tour of Roman times through the exhibition “Treasures of la Vila Joiosa”.

Price: 1.50€ + entrance fee

Location: Vilamuseu
 

12.30 pm Book signing and presentation

UN AÑO EN LA ANTIGUA ROMA

by Néstor F. Marqués

Free entry

Location: Vilamuseu
 

5 - 8 pm Historical re-enactment: Tours of the Roman camp

and “sublatus” ceremony. Public tours of the Roman camp (castra), the civilian settlement (cannaba) and the Tower of Sant Josep, in English.
 

6.30 pm Re-enactment of the Roman ceremony of parental acknowledgment (sublatus), in Spanish and English.

Price and parking: free

Location: Tower of Sant Josep, Torres

Beach, Villajoyosa

GPS: 38.516934, -0.197300
 

Sunday 22 April
 

11.00 am - 12.30 pm Historical re-enactment: funeral procession and ceremony. Roman funeral procession in the Gardens of Emperor Vespasian along the Torres Beach, starting from C/ Ilici (the roundabout next to the Torres Campsite). Roman funeral ceremony at the Gardens of Elaine Evans  (Tower of Sant Josep).

Price and parking: free

Location: Tower of Sant Josep, Torres

Beach, Villajoyosa

GPS: 38.516934, -0.197300

Click here to download the program in Spanish, Valencian and English: