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The Ministry of Tourism and Culture is addressing a new phase of the restoration of the sanctuary of Santa María La Real de las Huertas de Lorca, a building visited today by counselor Miriam Guardiola, days before the seventh anniversary of the earthquakes occurred in Lorca on May 11, 2011. Accompanied by the mayor of the town, Fulgencio Gil, the Minister of Culture learned about the work that is being done, for which a total of 171,729 euros are allocated by the regional government.
The works consist of the restoration of the facades of the sanctuary, as well as the construction of a perimeter drainage of the crypt and the structural reinforcement of the dressing room of the Virgen de las Huertas, a carving that was also recently recovered by the Restoration Center of the Region of Murcia and whose delivery made Guardiola on April 28.
The Minister of Culture recalled that "this building is one of the restored buildings with the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture, and included in the Master Plan for the Recovery of the Cultural Heritage of Lorca";
and stressed that "it is a building that became the image of devastation, since the media picked up live the fall of part of the tower, and now, about to be fulfilled seven years of the day in the that the earthquakes happened, is also an example of the recovery of a city in which we have all been involved ".
In total, the investment made so far in the Lorca shrine amounts to more than 1.7 million euros.
In a first phase of emergency, 933,076 euros were invested (218,504 by the central government and 714,571 by the City Council) and the next phase was fully paid by the Ministry with 859,721 euros, allowing to value the latest findings (new paintings in the side chapels, Islamic and Christian period constructions ...) and carrying out the musealization of the remains of the subsoil.
Currently working in a third phase with an investment of 171,729 euros from the regional government
Master Plan
From the Community, close to 25 million euros were invested in the funds provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the recovery of Lorca's assets.
The restoration of practically all of the buildings declared of Cultural Interest (BIC) has been completed, as well as more than 80 percent of the listed buildings (grade 1 and grade 2).
The support of the Community allowed the recovery of emblematic buildings such as the Collegiate Church of San Patricio, numerous churches, the Palace of the Garden of Ruano, the Archaeological Museum and the Fountain of Gold.
The Master Plan for the Recovery of the Cultural Heritage of Lorca contemplates the total investment of more than 64 million Euros and it is, Guardiola recalled, "a reference of good practices and an example of speed and efficiency that counted with the involvement of the three administrations and that has been awarded by important entities such as the Hispania Nostra Association and studied in national and international forums ".
Franciscan convent of the fifteenth century
The Franciscan convent of Nuestra Señora la Real de las Huertas was built at the end of the 15th century (it was the first settlement of the Franciscans in Lorca), but the flood of 1653 destroyed it almost completely.
The current Virgen de las Huertas church-sanctuary was completed in the mid-eighteenth century, becoming one of the most outstanding religious constructions Lorca.
It was disentailed in the nineteenth century and plundered during the Civil War.
The paintings of the church, the dressing room of the Virgin and the staircase of the Tota Pulcra are of great interest.
In this convent the historian Cánovas Cobeño and the counts of San Julián are buried.
On September 8, the feast of the patron saint of Lorca, the Virgen de las Huertas, is celebrated, which tradition points to as the image brought by Alfonso X el Sabio in 1244, when the city was conquered.
Source: CARM
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