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Cruz claims that have been down 20 years of recovery and cultural heritage of Lorca, but "we will raise again"

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Region of Murcia, Pedro Alberto Cruz, Lorca said this afternoon, after checking on the ground the damage caused by yesterday's earthquake in the historical and artistic heritage of the town that "we are facing the patrimonial greatest catastrophe that has occurred in Europe since the earthquake that struck the Italian town of Assisi. "

The director summed up his impression of the damage caused by earthquakes saying that "unfortunately, have come down 20 years of recovery of historical and cultural heritage of Lorca, but we will raise again. I think there is an absolute will firm and enthusiastic part of the Autonomous Community, the Municipality of Lorca and the Ministry of Culture, and that Lorca can be confident that their impressive and rich cultural heritage will soon look back to the splendor with which he did until moment. "

Cruz said that "since the first time we've coordinated the different administrations with the Bishop of Cartagena. I talked to the Minister of Culture, which has offered all his help, and here is the general manager of Fine Arts, Los Angeles Albert. Also We have been in contact with Turespaña, responsible for managing the work of the inn. From there, we have acted on two areas: assessment and action through urgent action. "

The utmost urgency, as the counselor, was given by the need to salvage personal property that were at risk for being in affected buildings, and "all but the reredos, that are immovable, are a safe place."

Secondly, it has closed down all the historic churches of Lorca for an indefinite period because the state presented "in some cases it is certainly dangerous."

A third measure is the shoring to prevent cave-ins, "has carried out this morning, very quickly, with the collaboration of private companies."

Specifically, "we discussed the underpinnings that have already occurred in churches del Carmen, San Mateo and the Rosary."

Finally, another action has been taken away has been extensive visual documentation of all the places we have visited, "in case you later have to integrate architectural, sculptural or pictorial."

Cruz thanked the work of assessing the status of buildings from architects have been involved, mostly in the private sphere, "because we needed a large number of technicians that the Community was not. They are architects who already knew various buildings, as they had worked on them in previous years. "

Have also been displaced technical Lorca Center for the Restoration of Autonomous Community, to discuss the status of property of interest.

For his part, Director General of Fine Arts, Enrique Ujaldón said that the work of the inn, in the castle grounds, have been affected, but has not yet been assessed to what extent.

In connection with the synagogue, said that "the archaeological sites have very little, usually in this type of disaster, making it difficult to have been affected. The problem is the castle walls themselves, which are indeed very severely affected. The orders we have given to the teams of architects are to take the necessary measures to prevent damage to people and buildings on an urgent basis, "he said.

Source: CARM