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The project includes the rehabilitation of the hermitage, the regeneration of the environment and the renovation of the infrastructures of the area and to bet on a new element of the historical heritage of Lorca with an execution period of 12 months.

The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, together with the national deputy, Marisol Sánchez, and the Councilors for Development and Sports, Isabel Casalduero and Irene Jódar, have announced the start of the rehabilitation and regeneration works of the Hermitage of San Lázaro and its environment.

Mateos explained that "the project aims to repair and regenerate the hermitage of San Lázaro as well as its surroundings and its urban complex, so we are talking about some work that we can divide into two parts: the hermitage itself and the environment and infrastructure. "

The First Edil Segura has detailed that "the project begins with the repair and reconstruction of the building of the hermitage of San Lázaro and recover the building, with a constructed area of ​​271 m2, for cultural use. The type of hermitage will be recovered Traditional single-nave, large masonry or brick walls, with wooden roofing while recovering the dressing room or possible sacristy attached to its back, repair and reconstruction of lost walls will also be carried out following constructive criteria traditional. "

"In addition, the already proven existence of archaeological remains, in the form of burials, has meant that, in order to maintain them, a pavement made of wooden pallet that is located above the known level of the remains is approved, thus trying to favor its conservation and, also, it is going to try to recover the decoration of the existing XVII century, as well as the plasters of the XVIII and the possible remains of paintings ", Mateos has continued.

The mayor of Lorca has detailed that "the regeneration of the environment of the hermitage provides for the creation of a green space including the esplanade of the entire width of the new streets, as well as the paving of the environment of the building and the access to the hermitage that allows improve the traffic of pedestrians, making ramps and steps to save the unevenness of the terrain. Also the signaling of pedestrian itineraries from various places in the city center to the hermitage that will provide information on distances, slopes and approximate travel times. "

"Urban furniture is incorporated: tables, outdoor fitness equipment and all those elements that can help improve the recreation and leisure time of citizens and there will be an intervention to recover the source of the hermitage with their own driving and water evacuation, with extension of the plantation of the woodland and garden plant in the surroundings ".

The mayor has announced that "the deadline to finish the work is 12 months and the intervention aims to approximate the formal image that the hermitage would have in the eighteenth century, recovering the decorations of the presbytery as well as the vault and maintaining the preserved remains of the seventeenth century.And that the purpose of these works is to bet on a key element in the historical and cultural heritage of the city so that we continue conserving our great treasures and both Lorca and Lorca as visitors can enjoy interesting tourist routes for our municipality, betting clearly and forcefully for the regeneration of our historic center, a historic town abandoned during the last 12 years and that this new Government Team has launched recovery actions from the outset. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca