Underwater archaeological project Ebro Sea. Underwater archaeological survey and documentation of the wrecks of the First and Second World War in the Ebro Sea
The Ebro Sea Underwater Archaeological Project is the most important contemporary underwater archeology project in the history of Spain. More than 20 years of research focused on this specific project of cataloging and prospecting for submerged merchant ships, ships and planes in the waters of the Mediterranean, with the collaboration of the best professionals in the state in archeology and technical diving.
The importance of knowing the location, its morphology, its history and its relations with the surrounding territory will generate a before and after in underwater archeology for scientific research in the Iberian Peninsula.
Period
Contemporary period
Institution
SONARS (National Association for Underwater Archaeology)
Web and social networks
Principal Investigators
Manuel J. Fumás Soldevilla
SONARS underwater archaeologist and co-director and principal investigator of the Mar del Ebro project
Pere Izquierdo i Tugas
Head of the Collections and Knowledge Department of the Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Florian Huber Wilhem
Underwater archaeologist, co-investigator of the Mar del Ebro project and director of the German scientific diving company SUBMARIS
Josep María Castellví Viladegut
SONARS historian, technical diver and promoter of the Mar del Ebro project
Location
Ebro Delta, Tarragona. Spain
LOCATION
RESULTS
The most important objectives of the research are related to obtaining as much information as possible about the wrecks of the First and Second World War and to know the historical link of these conflicts with Catalonia. The reality is that no other methodological action of this period has been done in the whole Spanish state and even less with such a complex and difficult area as we are the waters off the coast of Tarragona, called the Ebro Sea. The realization of this project will create knowledge and links between the different coastal towns of the Mediterranean as they will be aware of the great underwater heritage that they have under its waters with a minimum of 21 shipwrecks from the great wars that struck the European continent. In addition, wealth will be created with diving centers, hotels and restaurants by trying to generate a historical diving route that allows to know more about the history of these sunken wrecks.
FOTOS
- The Enigma of the Absence of Figurative Representations in the Neolithic of Northern Europe: Where Are the Figurines? (La Brújula Verde 19/01/2025) - 20 January, 2025
- Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia (La Brújula Verde 17/01/2025) - 20 January, 2025
- Homo erectus Thrived in Steppe-Desert Landscapes One Million Years Ago, New Study Suggests (Science News 16/01/2025) - 17 January, 2025
