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The President of the Popular Party of Lorca and Mayor of the city, Fulgencio Gil, has anticipated that the recovery of the Coso de Sutullena will be "key" to develop the cultural, social and commercial revolution that we have undertaken for our city.
Once the reconstruction process has been completed and when we have tied the financing of the new infrastructures, it is time to redouble our efforts in the area of ​​culture and social movement.
One of the true bastions that we are going to have within this project will be, without a doubt, the recovery of Coso de Sutullena as a new public space for leisure, culture and commerce ".
Lorca will have a pioneer offer at the national level, because anyone who wants to contemplate a show in this Coso will have the opportunity to come to the city comfortably by train, eat in the restaurants of the square itself and, also, access after to enjoy the respective concerts, sporting events or corridas of all.
All this without having to travel to another site, but in a comfortable way and taking advantage of time.
The recovery of our square and its value after the earthquakes of May 2011 is an ambitious project that will turn the Coso de Sutullena into a tool at the disposal of the cultural, social and leisure dynamization of our city.
The square is a symbol, it is a monument, and now it is going to be a multipurpose space that multiplies the cultural, social and commercial agenda.
The damage caused by the earthquakes was significant, so the reform will start with consolidation and recovery, adapting the space to the new cultural regulations and public spaces.
This will modernize the services and functions, relocating vomitories, improving and expanding the accesses and significantly increasing the comfort of the locations, both the layout and the box, making it a versatile, functional and very comfortable scenic space, even if it supposes a loss of capacity.
All this modernization will be done without affecting the aesthetics of the square, trying to make the appearance resemble as much as possible to its original state, for which the non-damaged elements will be reused.
But beyond the actions of all kinds that can accommodate, the Coso de Sutullena is going to stand out for its versatility, hosting up to 4 spaces of different sizes that can be used both for trade and for the hotel trade;
they can use the ring, which will increase its attractiveness, but will also facilitate its use by Lorca and the visit by tourists.
The access can be made directly from the outside with the particularity that the structure of the square itself will be used to increase the attractiveness of the premises, in which there will be a window that will lead directly to the alley.
They will also be connected to each other through a circular ring.
In the transformation it is intended to musealize part of the coso, offering the visit to the chapel or the infirmary, among other spaces of value.
There will also be a walkway on the toriles so that fans can go to see the horses that will be bullied before the bullfight.
The Bullfighting Club of Lorca will also have a permanent location for the development of its activities and meetings.
Among the improvements we must highlight the security and accessibility measures, the dressing rooms and the preparation of all relevant technological systems for the realization of musical, cultural or sporting events.
Once the renovation works are contracted, the execution period will be around 12 months.
The bullfighter and candidate for the Popular Party to the Congress of Deputies, Miguel Abellán, said that "the Coso de Sutullena is an emblem of the bullfighting heritage, so its recovery and opening deserves the applause of national bullfighting. that it is a success to recover this space to put it at the service of the neighbors and the economic benefit, betting on its plural use as proposed by Fulgencio Gil, a model that will work and make Lorca a destination city for lovers of bullfighting culture. Popular Party is the only party that defends bullfighting as a national culture, but also as a guarantee for rural development, livestock and ecological benefit.
History of a centennial coso.
The negotiations for the construction of this property began at the end of 1891 on plans of the architect Justo Millán and its inauguration took place on June 29, 1892, with cattle ranch of the Duque de Veragua that the right-handers Rafael Molina "Lagartijo", Antonio Reverte and Rafael Guerra "Guerrita".
The works of restoration of the coso were carried out, with the same strictures of the postwar period, between 1941 and 1945, year this in which it returned to work with an inaugural run celebrated the 2 of September.
He led the recovery works as architect Daniel Carbonell, as a surveyor José Vallejo and the company responsible for the reconstruction was Mato Alberola.
The 2011 earthquakes restored the Plaza de Toros to a state similar to that which it presented after the end of the civil war.
Some urgent actions were taken to avoid damage to the public road and the collapse of some parts of the building, while waiting for some necessary recovery and improvement works.
It has grade 2 protection and is located in a privileged space just a few meters from the urban center of Lorca, in the Alamedas.
In June 2018 was acquired by the City of Lorca so that all Lorca were the owners of such a valuable monument.
To make possible the restoration, the Autonomous Community will invest more than 1.7 million euros, within the Master Plan for the Recovery of the Cultural Heritage of Lorca.
Source: PP Lorca
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