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The Festival of Contemporary Jewish Culture is organized by the City Council and Lorca Taller del Tiempo with the aim of being an alternative of leisure and Jewish culture of relevance for the Levant, as well as to offer a new tourist and cultural incentive

The Councilor for Tourism of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, presented this morning the V Edition of the Jewish Contemporary Culture Festival "Jewish Lorca" to be held on Friday September 14 at the site of the Fortress of the Sun and in which We will have the opportunity to enjoy specialized music, gastronomy, guided tours and activities for the little ones.

Francisco Montiel pointed out that "we are talking about a cultural proposal that reinforces the status of Lorca as a place of knowledge and reflection on a key culture in history but also the contemporary world." This Festival is organized by the City Council and Lorca Taller del Tiempo with the objective of continuing being an alternative of leisure and culture of relevance for the Levant, as well as to offer a new tourist and cultural incentive.

The Councilor for Tourism has detailed that "the program that makes up this V" Jewish Lorca "begins at 6:35 pm with a guided tour of the Jewish quarter and the synagogue, after which, at 19:35 hours the children's show will take place "Golem workshop", where the youngest children will be able to enter the Jewish culture in a fun way and learn the customs of our ancestors. At 20:30 a kosher wine tasting will be offered and at 9:00 a.m. concert with the performance of "Músicos de Ureña", a group formed by Luis Delgado, César Carazo and Jaime Muñoz who will present the "Hidden Repertoire of Sefarad." The activities will be held in the synagogue of Castillo de Lorca and are accessible Free until full capacity. "

Montiel has indicated that "the culture of the city of Lorca has lived a before and after the very important discoveries discovered in the castle grounds and that confirmed not only the medieval Jewish presence, but the importance of this culture in the conformation of the Lorca of today The valorization of the Jewish quarter and the medieval Synagogue, unique monument in the world, has meant a rich heritage growth for the municipality.These very important samples of our past are today incentives for tourism, for society and for culture ".

The City Councilor of Tourism highlighted that "Lorca has established itself as a city of reference for tourism and for Jewish culture and for this reason we wanted to make known this immense heritage: the City of the Sun wants to be a reference for the study of history and Jewish culture in Spain, enhancing the city in a global way and placing mainly the Castle as a platform for cultural and tourist dissemination of reference to know the Jewish heritage in Spain, thanks to the exceptional state of conservation of the Synagogue, unique in the world, which It has offered important archaeological information to better understand this type of buildings in the 15th century. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca