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City Hall, Ceclor and Chamber of Commerce are advancing in the realization of measures to revive the Historic Center of Lorca (18/11/2016)

Among the initiatives are the use of buildings and monuments as a tourist attraction to attract Lorca and visitors, the revival of the historic center by means of bonuses and encouraging habitability in this area and the possibility of expanding the competitions to the "Lorca Taller del Tiempo" consortium Also manage the Historical Center as it does with "The Fortress of the Sun", among others

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, reported on a meeting held yesterday with business representatives of Ceclor and Chamber of Commerce of Lorca, which was also attended by members of the Government Team, and which advanced and exposed initiatives for the The value of the historic center of Lorca, which had a very positive result.

Francisco Jódar explained that "the reactivation of the historic center is an objective not extendable to Lorca and an absolute priority, so it is necessary to recover traditional commercial activity, the registration of traditional elements or the reactivation of spaces, a fundamental question for the recovery of the Casco Historical and in which we are currently immersed ".

The First Edil said that "among the proposals we have collected by Ceclor are the possibility of giving the consortium" Lorca Taller del Tiempo, an entity that already agglutinates public administrations and business organizations, the attribution of managing different initiatives for the center Historic as they do to promote "The Fortress of the Sun";

Create a short, long and medium term road map;

In addition to asking opinion experts on Historic Casco of other cities.

The Chamber of Commerce of Lorca, for its part, stated that as part of the economic revival of this area of ​​the city would encourage housing, that is, that young people can live and give life in this area, thus facilitating habitability ".

The First Edil has stressed that "thanks to the Master Plan for the Recovery of Cultural Heritage of Lorca are recovering recoveries of great value located in the historic center and suffered the consequences of the earthquakes of 2011. These buildings will be used as Tourist attractions and, above all, to attract people to this area of ​​the city.This is the case of the Tourism Office that is making the thousands of visitors who request information in the in this municipal service go to the historic center, with the Consequently a boost to the general activity of the area, the Villaescusa Palace, which will be reopened to the public in the coming months, and which will again host Patrimonio, Contratación, Turismo y Estadística, as well as other municipal citizen services that will be installed In the same, are also very advanced the procedures for the transfer of the Agrarian Chamber and the former Commissioner, dependent on the CARM and the Government of Spain, respectively, to turn it into municipal units;

The reopening of the Collegiate Church of St. Patrick or the restoration of the Church of St. Mary will also help achieve this goal.

In addition, large projects will also be carried out, such as the Casa del Artesano, which will be housed in the old Archives, the Justice Palace on Selgas Street or a permanent exhibition on the effects of the earthquake and the recovery of the city. Will locate in the Pósito ".

Francisco Jódar added that "we continue to work to get new economic injections that allow us to address the improvement of this area so important for Lorca.In this regard it is important to remember that are being carried out efforts with 70 owners of commercial premises and 50 of property At the same time, we are promoting cultural, festive, sporting and social activities that give life to this space, as it is the case of the Fair of Day, different activities of the Sports Games of the Guadalentín, contests of painting or commercial activities like the Shopping Night or the Medieval Market of San Clemente All this without forgetting a commercial project of the draft of the Market of the Sun, called to be a referent in the revitalization of the historical center.Also, it is important to emphasize that the revival of the Historical Center will also be Driven by a 75% subsidy from ICIO for construction, renovation, rehabilitation and adaptation of all types of real estate (housing, offices, commercial premises) in the PEPRI area, as well as 95% for the activity license.

It should be remembered that the Historical Center of Lorca has been declared a Historic-Artistic Complex since 1964 (based on a plan by Pedro Antonio San Martín), as well as Cultural Interest (BIC), integrating two sectors of reference.

The main monuments are the Castillo, the churches of San Juan, San Pedro, Santa María, Collegiate Church of San Patricio, Chapel of the Rosary and San Francisco, the Porch of San Antonio, the building of the Town Hall, the Palace of Guevara and Medieval Wall, among others.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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