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David Romera echoed the public complaint made this morning by the association "Lorca for its Cultural Heritage" given that there has been the destruction of important archaeological remains on the slopes of the Castle of Lorca, a monument declared in 1931. Cultural

The councilor of the Municipal Socialist Group, David Romera echoed the public denunciation made today by the association "Lorca for its Cultural Heritage" on the destruction and disappearance of important archaeological remains that have occurred several weeks ago on the hillside of the Castle Of Lorca, surroundings of a monumental set of first order declared in 1931 Well of Cultural Interest.

The works, notes Romera, "were developed several weeks ago by the City of Lorca consisting of the making of clearings and cleaning and sanitation of slopes and gutters that overlook the road that encircles the fortress, both on the way up, As in the one of descent ", but the most serious thing is that the City council of Lorca attacked them" without giving part of such actions to the Department of Culture of the Autonomous Community, that does not know what happened, nor to have the necessary archaeological That the Castle of Lorca and its surroundings is declared Well of Cultural Interest ", reason why" from the municipal Government have jumped to the torera what is disposed in the Laws of Patrimony, so much the state one (Law 16/1985, of 25 of June) as in force in the Region of Murcia (Law 4/2007, of March 16).

Romera considers that "the works have sectioned and broken important archaeological remains of different times", remembering that "the settlement on the slopes of the Castle, especially the southern one, is almost as old as the same city, reason why it is very probable that in These places exist buried archeological remains, "so" can not understand the decision-making to carry out this type of works using heavy machinery without any control by qualified technicians and specialists. "

The Socialist mayor says that archaeologists assigned to the association "Lorca for its Cultural Heritage" have written a detailed report after conducting a field study specifying that "have been affected with the works of clearing and cleaning 14 areas of the slope of the Castillo, next to the road that surrounds the fortress ", where they have been identified" masonry walls, lime pavements, walls of tapial, hydraulic pipes, medieval pottery, deposits of ash and coals, structures of Iberian era and even the remains of a Argárico burial ".

David Romera has stated that in view of the seriousness of the events "the Government team of the Popular Party has to give immediate explanations of what happened, especially those in charge of councils that are affected and must ensure the safeguarding of our Heritage , That is to say, Councilor for Culture, Agustín Llamas, and the Councilor for Works, Ms Eulalia Ibarra, "because" it is unknown where the idea of ​​carrying out works that have seriously damaged the archaeological heritage of the Castle Of Lorca ".

On the other hand, he considers that "it is not possible to consent to the destruction of archaeological remains, especially when the PEPRI is being reviewed for the Historical Area of ​​our city, which is contradictory." We can not understand how they are taken so lightly Certain decisions "and for that reason" we demand that the responsible ones of the equipment of municipal Government give the pertinent explanations ".

Lastly, Romera urges that from the City of Lorca "as soon as possible the damage done on the slope of the Castle of Lorca to the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Community so that qualified technicians proceed to document the remains that have been sectioned And help us to understand our past, hoping that this type of actions so unfortunate that go against our Heritage will not happen again.

Source: PSOE Lorca