{"id":16,"date":"2016-11-11T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-11T06:29:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:29:52","slug":"moncayo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/moncayo\/","title":{"rendered":"El Montcaio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A la platja del <strong>Moncaio<\/strong>, a nom\u00e9s tres quil\u00f2metres al sud del nucli urb\u00e0 de Guardamar<br \/>\ndel Segura, es conserva un conjunt arqueol\u00f2gic excepcional que recull m\u00e9s d\u2019un<br \/>\nmil\u00b7lenni d\u2019hist\u00f2ria. Ben a prop de la mar s\u2019alcen dos espais \u00edntimament relacionats: la<br \/>\n<strong>Vil\u00b7la Romana del Moncaio<\/strong> i la <strong>Torre del Descarregador<\/strong>, una fortificaci\u00f3<br \/>\nandalusina. En tots dos jaciments s\u2019ha identificat una \u00e0mplia etapa d\u2019ocupaci\u00f3 romana i<br \/>\nuna altra d\u2019\u00e8poca isl\u00e0mica.<\/p>\n<p>Les excavacions han tret a la llum una <strong>vil\u00b7la r\u00fastica romana activa<\/strong>, com a m\u00ednim, entre<br \/>\nels segles I &#8211; III a. C. I del IV-V, dedicada probablement al conreu agr\u00edcola i a<br \/>\nl\u2019aprofitament dels recursos marins. D\u2019aquest establiment encara es conserven una gran<br \/>\ncisterna, un pati amb estances laterals, robustos murs de ma\u00e7oneria i un forn de cal\u00e7.<br \/>\nDespr\u00e9s d\u2019un per\u00edode d\u2019aband\u00f3 i espoli, al segle X s\u2019hi va al\u00e7ar una <strong>petita mesquita<\/strong><br \/>\nrural, amb el mihrab orientat cap a la Meca, que donava servei a una comunitat<br \/>\nmusulmana dispersa al litoral.<\/p>\n<p>A uns 140 metres al nord es troba la <strong>Torre del Descarregador<\/strong> (segles X\u2013XI), bastida<br \/>\naprofitant els fonaments romans. De planta rectangular i murs de t\u00e0pia, l\u2019interior tripartit<br \/>\ni l\u2019\u00fanica entrada refor\u00e7ada evidencien una doble funci\u00f3: <strong>vigilar la costa i<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>emmagatzemar<\/strong> productes de la pesca, la sal i els cultius de sec\u00e0. La seua posici\u00f3<br \/>\nelevada permetia controlar visualment el litoral des del cap de Santa Pola fins a<br \/>\nTorrevella. Despr\u00e9s del seu aband\u00f3, fou utilitzada espor\u00e0dicament en \u00e8poca moderna.<br \/>\nPer baix es conserven restes d\u00b4una gran construcci\u00f3 romana, la seua planta, complexa,<br \/>\nmostra una s\u00e8rie d\u2019habitacions quadrades distribu\u00efdes al llarg d\u2019un ample corredor<br \/>\norientat a la mar i rematat <strong>per dues grans sales absidades<\/strong>, pr\u00f2pies de les vil\u00b7les del<br \/>\nsegle IV. Aquestes construccions complien funcions representatives i socials.<\/p>\n<p>El conjunt del Moncaio i la Torre del Descarregador testifica la <strong>continu\u00eftat de l\u2019h\u00e0bitat<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>costaner<\/strong>: un paisatge que pass\u00e0 de vil\u00b7la romana a enclavament isl\u00e0mic i que reflecteix<br \/>\nles transformacions pol\u00edtiques, econ\u00f2miques i ambientals de la Mediterr\u00e0nia occidental.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marqalicante.com\/contenido\/publicaciones\/pub_107.pdf\">Marq Alicante<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[vc_column][vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1482236692733-f0acfa36-11b4-4&#8243; include=&#8221;183,182,181,164&#8243;][\/vc_column]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A la platja del Moncaio, a nom\u00e9s tres quil\u00f2metres al sud del nucli urb\u00e0 de Guardamar del Segura, es conserva un conjunt arqueol\u00f2gic excepcional que recull m\u00e9s d\u2019un mil\u00b7lenni d\u2019hist\u00f2ria. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoriadearena.es\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}