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The event will take place next Saturday, also counting with animation in streets and squares.
This is the VI edition of a Night in which you can enjoy 16 exhibition spaces from early afternoon until well into the night.
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, together with the Councilor for Culture in the Municipal Consistory, Agustín Llamas, have reported that the VI edition of the Night of Museums, to be developed this next Saturday, will feature as outstanding novelties with the Possibility that all visitors can enjoy 3 very outstanding fruits of the work that is running in our town for the recovery of its heritage.
The Mayor has pointed out that it is about the incorporation of an advance of the work of recovery of the movable heritage of the Palace of Guevara, as well as of the rehabilitation works of the Collegiate of San Patricio and the more recent discoveries of the Califal Palace found in The subsoil of the Convento Patronal de la Virgen de las Huertas.
Fulgencio Gil has stated that the ambitious work of recovery and rehabilitation that is being developed in our city in matters of historical heritage has achieved that we can currently enjoy our treasure trove in the best state he has ever presented.
The effort of the Lorca has achieved that where before there was debris, today monuments are in perfect condition, and that is something that we can all be proud of, since it is the best legacy for the next generations of Lorca.
After the suffering and the sacrifice that we have left behind, we now have to enjoy a Nueva Lorca that emerges with the strength and splendor that only the Lorca we know how to offer.
The First Edil has explained, going into details, that the Patron Sanctuary can enjoy guided tours of the findings of the Caliphate palace, an initiative that is widely accepted in previous occasions in which it has been completed.
Visitors to the Palacio de Guevara will be able to tour the interior of it and see a sample of their traditional furniture, which is an interesting novelty.
It is also worth noting that the Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick will offer guided tours.
This is the pinnacle of this great programming.
"The Night of Museums", which we have celebrated so successfully in recent years, reaches its culminating moment, since at last the main temple of the city will be part of the tour, which is a great news and multiplies the charm of The initiative.
The First Edil has indicated that the celebration of "The Night of Museums" in Lorca has coincided with the process of recovery after the earthquakes of May 2011. That is why each year have added to this initiative new cultural spaces as it completed its rehabilitation , Expanding and improving the offer available to Lorca and visitors.
For this edition of 2017 we present an agenda that shines both because of the number of activities organized and the quality of them.
Concretely there will be 16 exhibition spaces that will join this year to the "Night of the Museums", each one of them with a proper programming from the first hour of the afternoon until the dawn:
Headquarters of Choirs and Dances of Lorca
MUBBLA
Archeological Museum
Museum of Bethlehem
Museum of the Incarnate Pass
Medieval Wall
Museo del Paso Morado
MASS
Juan Antonio Dimas Scout Museum
Regional Craft Center
Fortress of the Sun
Sanctuary Virgen de las Huertas
St. Patrick's Collegiate Church
Orchard Ruano
Palace of Guevara
Ibáñez Martín
The Mayor has stated that each museum and each group has prepared a rich and varied program in which culture, tradition and fun go hand in hand.
We find theater visits, music, animations, competitions, gymkhanas, tastings or workshops, in general, activities for both the elderly and the smallest in the house.
Along with the programming of the different spaces, we will have another series of proposals that will energize the squares and streets of the urban center and, especially, the historical center:
The Plaza de San Vicente, for example, will offer the possibility of enjoying a concert of the Municipal Band of Lorca accompanied by video projections.
In the Plaza of Spain the Big Band of the Conservatory will offer a recital.
In Calderón Square we will have theater in the street.
In Lorca Plaza will perform the formation of jazz "Tremens Band".
In the Gardens of the Palace of San Julián will act diverse singer-songwriters.
Meanwhile, in Lope Gisbert we will have animation, music on balconies or live painting and in Corredera photocall or special television program.
It should also be noted that Funambulista will perform at the Teatro Guerra and we will have animations, dance exhibitions and special trains between the different museums and also between the Castle, the wall and the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Huertas.
Fulgencio Gil has stated that in 2012 it was decided to commemorate in our city this event as well as many other cities of national and international scope, which take advantage of this event to boost the cultural offer.
The growth of the "Night of the Museums" in Lorca in the 5 editions celebrated has been gigantic, thanks to the spectacularity of our cultural heritage and the participation of diverse groups throughout this time.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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