Monday, October 01, 2007

THE PHOENICIANS VS. THE SPANISH SCHOOL:
Chiclana school could be demolished to make way for archaeological dig
By m.p. - Sep 30, 2007 - 8:48 PM (Typically Spanish)

Evidence of what could be the first settlement on the Iberian Peninsula has been uncovered on the site

The Town Hall in Chiclana could decide to demolish the El Castillo state school if it proves necessary to archaeological excavations taking place on the site, where artefacts going back to Phoenician times have been discovered, possibly evidence of the first Phoenician settlement on the Iberian peninsula.

Other finds on the site date from mediaeval times and from the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.

[...]