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.