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The Mayor's Lieutenant and the Councilor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel and Agustín Llamas, received this morning in the Noble Hall of the Lorca Consistory the Ambassador of Ireland in Spain, David Cooney, who has signed in the Book of Honor of the Town Hall.
After this, they have visited the restoration works of the Collegiate Church of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, which is scheduled to open to the public on March 17, coinciding with the feast of this saint who gives the name to the temple.
During the visit they have been able to verify the good evolution of the works, as well as some of the discoveries that have come to light during the archaeological surveys and the tastings in the walls of the Temple.
The restoration works are going well, both in the exterior and in the interior.
The carrerón of the Collegiate has risen and has installed an asphalt layer that will remove the humidities of the rooms that are situated just below and whose access is made through doors located in the Place of Spain.
The facade is finished, although there are details to finish in the capitular rooms and balconies.
The works inside the temple are performed by twenty restorers who work on the recovery of sixteenth-century wall paintings that appeared under layers and layers of lime, which was used as a disinfectant in epidemic periods, when the time took corpses inside.
The most important painting is found in the chapel of the Virgin of the Alcazar, former patroness of Lorca.
In addition, these paths, with a wide range of colors and in good condition, can also be seen in the ceilings, vaults, walls and arches of almost the whole Collegiate, as is the case of the entrance portal to The Sacristy.
The team of restorers also works to repair and clean the lamps, as well as recover a canvas that was attached to the left wall of the central nave.
Another notable aspect is the recovery of an underground crypt located in the central nave of the Gospel.
Of all the ecclesiastical buildings of Lorca, Saint Patrick is undoubtedly the most important, interesting and significant.
It was declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1941. Its construction, which was erected with a cathedral aspect, a faithful reflection of the recovery that the city experienced, would last for about 250 years, incorporating baroque tastes on the main front.
This facade is one of the most important monumental imafrontes of the Region of Murcia.
Its interior is articulated in three naves, twelve lateral chapels on the buttresses, chorus and trascoro, girola with radial chapels and bell tower in the head.
It should be noted that this is the only temple that exists in Spain dedicated to this saint and today, this temple is along with the cathedral of Dublin and New York, the third of the great churches dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland.
Since the year 1452, the city of Lorca has been closely linked to St. Patrick's Day, for on this date, in particular the 17th of March, the feast of the Irish saint, the historic Battle of the Alporchones took place. Christians who were struggling to reclaim land held by Muslims.
This historical fact made that when it was decided to raise the most important church of Lorca, the citizens lorquinos agreed, by vote of city, to give this name to its future temple.
After the visit, the Irish Ambassador and the Deputy Mayor of the City of Lorca have received about thirty students from the Institute of Secondary Education "Ibáñez Martín" who have had the opportunity to converse in English with David Cooney in the Plenary Hall of the Consistory.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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