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The mayor stressed that the work to be carried out will revert "throughout the citizenship of Lorca" and that "the different rooms will be made available to all Lorca and Lorca to develop cultural and leisure events."

The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, together with the councilor of Casco Histórico, María Ángeles Mazuecos, the General Director of Cultural Assets of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Rafael Gómez, and the president of the Casino de Lorca Association, Rafael Ruiz, has announced the resolution of the processing of the file of the rehabilitation works of the Literary Artistic Casino.

Mateos has announced "the completion of the file for the restoration and integral rehabilitation of the Artistic and Literary Casino of Lorca, as well as its adaptation for socio-cultural use after the damages suffered due to the earthquakes of May 11, 2011. A project that contemplates the repair works that allow to recover and improve the conditions that the Casino building had even before the earthquakes ".

"Today a long process is completed that will allow us to recover another of the emblems of our city, we are facing an example of collaboration not only between administrations but also between private entities because the administrations have agreed, but also the property so that the investment public that is done in this private property revert throughout the citizens of Lorca and that the different rooms are made available to all Lorca and Lorca to develop cultural and leisure events, "specified Mateos.

The First Edil explained that "in the building a series of emergency works were carried out within the emergency action program for the buildings of the historical heritage affected, a first work of stabilization of the damages, previous placement of a scaffolding stabilizer of the facade, but they did not involve the repair that is now projected. "

Mateos Molina has detailed that "the property suffered structural damage that caused cracks and fissures in facades and interior walls, part of the facade and the load-bearing walls of the interior courtyards and library area collapsed. In addition, the false ceilings fell and, as for the damages in the decorative elements, there was the detachment of cornices and fences, as well as the cracking of coverings of the main hall, balconies and cornices and specific detachments of the plaster moldings of the false ceiling ".

The mayor has detailed that "the term of execution of the works, due to the complexity and quantity of the same, is stipulated, according to the Master Plan for the Recovery of the Cultural Heritage of the municipality of Lorca, in a maximum of eighteen months with a budget of just over 1,392,195 euros. "

Diego José Mateos has announced that "the involvement of the City of Lorca will be maximum and, therefore, in everything we can help to rehabilitate and enhance this Casino, this building that can count so much and that many services can provide , everything we can do from the Municipal Consistory we will be in the hands of the Autonomous Community and the State so that as soon as possible the works are started ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca