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Jódar Francisco has reported that already has approved the beginning of the procedure for drafting the conservation and restoration of the building.
Has also completed the museum's building plan, road map for action.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, announced this morning that the town council has taken steps necessary for the comprehensive settlement of the Palace of Guevara.
The mayor explained that the Board and the Government of September 17 started the record for drafting the conservation and restoration of the Palace of Guevara.
We are talking about the first step towards the comprehensive regeneration of the largest civil building Lorca, a baroque jewel of a flag inside and outside our city.
This is the most important baroque palace in Southeast Spanish.
One of the main objectives of the Town Council is the restoration and conservation of the extraordinary art treasure that is the heritage we have inherited.
This performance reflects the commitment of municipal councils with the restoration of our featured properties from the cultural point of view.
Fruits of this commitment, we find today in the recovery of the churches of Santa Maria, to retrieve the San Juan, the start of work in San Patricio is imminent, as well as the improvement works at the Sanctuary Virgen de las Huertas, in San Cristóbal and San José.
In addition we will recover Argaric numerous sites, such as fennel (Barranco de la Viuda) and Rincon in Almendricos (whose project is in the Department of Fine Arts for approval.)
The Mayor reported that for the comprehensive regeneration of the building is expected to invest 5 million euros, relying for this first step with an amount of 81,200 euros, money needed for the drafting of the project.
This amount has been fully funded by the Autonomous Region through the Department of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets.
Francisco Jodar has stressed that the spirit of this project is to restore this architectural gem, so total and implement and configure the Guevara Palace Museum as a scientific institution capable of efficiently and sustainably manage this masterpiece of architectural heritage and Lorca Murcia region, specifically addressing the proposed future for the Palace without losing dress their capabilities and limitations, defending the public use and operation center for all purposes to remain a center of social life in the city of Lorca .
The jewel of Baroque Levantine
The Guevara Palace is located in the heart of Lorca, with facade and main entrance gives onto the Calle Lope Gisbert, secondary facades of Plaza de Concha Sandoval, the Craft Centre and back wall to a garden belonging to the building.
It corresponds to the apple farm 1 50 of PEPRI (Special Plan of Protection and Reform Interior).
It is an almost square Palacio (epitome of baroque civil architecture) which consists of three floors: the basement floor under the wings 'rooms' east and south and two floors above ground accompanied by a third which is a low cover located on the outer bay.
The current state of the property raised the need to draft a project to collect restoration and conservation actions related to conduct the revaluation of the building, and the drafting of an ambitious museum.
The palace has been declared of cultural interest to the category of monument.
(Decree 447/2008, of November 21, 2008, BORM).
The palatial residence of the seventeenth century in response to a type of insulated building with a central courtyard, with bearing walls and tiled roof and front gable.
It has basement, ground floor, first and second.
The main entrance is the main facade gives onto the Calle Lope Gisbert.
It also has two entrances: one for the east wing and one in the west which houses the Office of Tourism.
There are three staircases: The main which connects to the first floor (piano nobile), one that connects the ground floor to the basement and another that connects the ground floor with the first and second.
The basement floor has been used as a paint store-room and has a floor area of approximately 231m ².
The ground floor has a central patio, covered porch and several dependencies which are located the office of tourism, D. Pharmacy
Sala José Just, and a temporary exhibition hall.
It has an approximate area of 676 m².
On the first floor the main program is developed for housing the palace and has an approximate area of 676 m².
On the second floor now houses the Municipal School of Painting and Municipal Restoration Workshop and has an approximate area of 467 m².
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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