Two important museums are opening this month in Spain, one old, one new. The most awaited is the Museo del Ejercito, Army Museum, finally reopening in its new home in the Alcázar of Toledo after fourteen years of work. The Museo del Ejercito will be opened on July 20th, the day after its inauguration by the Prince of Asturias. Read on to find out what it has in store.

A goal scored against historical Philistinism. As a result of pressure from the public, the archaeological remains corresponding to a part of Muslim mediaeval Murcia are to be conserved in situ. The extraordinary find emerged during preparatory excavations for a car park in the Jardín de San Esteban, next to the seat of Murcia's regional government. The authorities had wanted to press on with the car park anyway, but civic protest, orchestrated by the Plataforma Ciudadana para la Conservación del Patrimonio Arqueológico de San Esteban and culminating in a human chain around the site, has forced them to back down. The 13th century streets discovered include the remains of 50 houses, seven mansions and a mosque.