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The proposed actions, which have a budget of 6,200 euros, consist of the complete restoration of the cover to alleviate the damages that present at present and give back the image and original strength, for it will be arranged the fissures and the detachment of material in Three segments, as well as the displacement of ashlars in the left flank of the element
The Councilor for Town Planning of the City of Lorca, Satur Martínez, has reported that the Municipal Council has granted the license to carry out the restoration of the cover of access to the Cemetery of San Clemente, located in the council of La Torrecilla.
This is a part of the enclosure that was affected by the earthquakes of 2011.
Satur Martínez stated that "the license to proceed to the intervention on the cover of the entrance to the graveyard is given as a result of the damages caused by the earthquakes of May 11, 2011. The budget of the work necessary for its settlement is 6,200 It is important to remember that in 2013 the Regional Government allocated a grant of 43,091 euros to the Diocese of Cartagena for the restoration of the church of the Cementerio de San Clemente, and whose works consisted of In the repair of one of the bulrushes on the main facade and interior walls ".
The Councilor for Urbanism explained that "the proposed actions consist of the complete restoration of the cover to alleviate the damages that present at present and give back the image and original strength, for it will be made the necessary intervention to fix the fissures and detachment Of material in three segments, as well as the displacement of ashlars in the left flank of the element.It is worth mentioning that prior to 2011, the cover already presented certain anomalies derived from the rising humidity, as well as a poor drainage of the cornices, Aspects that will also be corrected with this action ".
Martínez emphasized that "the entrance, with a simple and sober arch of half a point with the highlighted key, is framed by pilasters and topped by an angled cornice, as well as the finials of the pilasters, creating a broken profile underlined by The only element of symbolic character will be the stony Latin cross raised on the central axis and the highest point of the whole.It is surprising the ornamental nudity that contrasts with other cemeteries of the time, whose covers used to be decorated with Numerous funerary symbols, but with all that, this sobriety gives the whole a special attraction. "
The Cementerio de San Clemente was inaugurated in 1900 and carried out according to a project of 1896. The idea, at the end of the 19th century, of building a new cemetery for the city sought to solve the grave burial problems presented by the main cemetery Of Lorca, located in the district of San José.
The graveyard, today, basically preserves the distribution and physiognomy of the primitive project (rectangular plant, with a layout of checkered streets), if we exclude the extensions made later on the right side and the back of the enclosure.
In 1909 the chapel of the cemetery was built by the master Lázaro Ruiz Lumeras, which is located in the center of the enclosure and is slightly sloped to favor the visual perspective.
Of particular importance are the pantheons that were built from the second decade of the twentieth century on the initiative of the main Lorca families of the time, which show a whole series of eclectic and historicist elements, along with modernist details and forms, forming a homogeneous environment And unitary.
At present, it is important to note that this cemetery treasures, in addition to the remains of our ancestors, a great architectural and sculptural legacy made by professionals of the time.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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