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The Mayor places the recovery of the historic center as an immediate priority in the process of rehabilitating monumental heritage affected by earthquakes.

So far almost 64.5 million have been invested in the master plan for recovery of the estate

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has said that the work that Lorca have developed to recover our monuments is a proud heritage that will enjoy the next generations of Lorca.

The earthquake seriously damaged our historic heritage, turning our monuments into rubble.

Lorca has had to work to recover this situation, and I think we have done well.

We collected a ruined heritage, and we will bequeath to the next generations of Lorca the monuments in the best state of our history.

It is a reality, the result of an enormous work, of which we can feel proud all the Lorca.

Francisco Jódar has defended that this process, which has been supported through the master plan of recovery, is a reference at international level, since in recent history no population had faced such a disaster of patrimony.

The First Edil has stressed that it is not that we have recovered the state presented on May 11, 2011, but today we can contemplate and visit a large list of monuments in which not only have repaired the damage, but also present a state Unbeatable, having recovered its historical brilliance, being safer or more accessible, among other virtues.

We talk of passing from a shattered city to a patrimonial level that, six years later, faces the last steps of the process being a completely different city, in which its monuments look better than ever, "explained the Mayor. The National Prize for Conservation and Restoration of 2014 endorse the quality of the process.

The Mayor has also stated that new discoveries have been incorporated throughout the recovery process, things that we did not know or that until recently were just legends, as happened in the restoration of Saint Patrick and the recovery of The original paintings of the girola or the chapels like the one of the Alcázar, as well as the discovery of the primitive church of San Jorge on which it was erected the Collegiate

He also highlighted the important role of the Master Plan for the Recovery of Property of Lorca in the development of this process.

"It has already gained a place of its own in the history of Spanish cultural heritage, and has done so in terms of its scope of action, how it has governed the process and the results it will offer when it concludes. The tourist dynamism and the lively pulse of the city of Lorca.It would not have been possible without the Master Plan and without the commitment of the public administrations, "said the First Edil.

The First Edil has pointed out that the recovery process has not yet concluded and that we face the last phases in the hope of completing it achieving excellence and making Lorca a case study internationally required for heritage rehabilitation.

Francisco Jódar has shown his agreement and gratitude with the action of the Autonomous Community, Government of Spain, institutions, groups and people that have made possible the process of recovery of Lorca's estate, which "without the collective effort and the commitment shown would not have Been more than an unreachable chimera. "

In addition, it has highlighted the trust placed in the commitment of the various Administrations as an inescapable guarantee to continue executing the model recovery of the historical and artistic heritage of Lorca.

The Castle with its two towers, San Diego, San Cristobal, Guevara Palace, Santiago, Rosario Chapel, San Antonio Porch, San Francisco, Guerra Theater, stately homes, San Patricio and a very long etcetera of monumental spaces are today the pride Of the new Lorca that emerged after the earthquakes.

These manifestations of the Mayor have taken place during a press conference with the Director General of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Education, Luís Lafuente, and the Minister of Culture and Portability of the CARM, Noelia Arroyo, in which Have made a balance of the patrimonial recovery process undertaken after the earthquakes of 2011.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca