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Lorca will host a citizen dialogue in autumn on the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (22/08/2018)

The Councilor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Agustín Llamas, and the Director General of the European Union, External Action and Cooperation of the Autonomous Region of Murcia, Manuel Pleguezuelo, reported this morning that the City of the Sun will host next autumn an activity of citizen dialogue on heritage and culture, which will be part of the celebration of the European Year of Cultural Heritage and will be part of the participation of the Region of Murcia in the European campaign "Reflect on Europe". Citizen dialogue has the backing of the Europe Direct Center of Murcia Region and of the Office of the Region in Brussels, as it is an activity complementary to the celebration in Brussels of the European Week of Regions and Cities.

Agustín Llamas pointed out that "the choice of Lorca to welcome on this occasion this citizen dialogue on heritage and culture, is linked to the recognition obtained by the city, within the Europa Nostra awards, for the reconstruction of the temples of Lorca after earthquakes May 2011. In addition, it is worth noting that this event will allow us to project to the whole world how Lorca is now, the improvement in our historical heritage is very evident, so showing it to Europe is exceptional ".

Pleguezuelo has indicated that "the purpose of citizen dialogue is to have the participation of representatives of other European regions and international institutions, as well as of the UNESCO World Heritage linked to the Region of Murcia, such as flamenco, the Mediterranean diet , the Council of Good Men of the Huerta de Murcia or the Levantine rock paintings ".

The Director General explained that "the event must also serve as support for UNESCO's Heritage candidacies from the Region of Murcia, such as the art of Lorca embroidery, on Good Friday morning in Murcia, Salzillos in Murcia, the tamboradas de Levante, among which are those of Mula and Moratalla, or wine in Iberia ".

It is worth remembering that citizen dialogues on Europe have been held in the Region since November 2016, and on that occasion was attended by the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, the Romanian Corina Cretu, focusing on the 30 years of investment European funds in the Region.

In June 2017, another was held on energy and climate change;

on Europe Day 2017, at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, on youth and the future of Europe;

and in November 2017 at the University of Murcia, about 30 years of the Erasmus Program and education and training in the European Union.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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