The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, together with the Minister of Culture and Sports, Valencia, Trinidad Miró, today announced that Valencia will cover the rehabilitation of the church of San Cristobal, in Lorca, which has a estimated budget of 300,000 euros.
In his visit and looked Cruz made this morning at the Church of San Cristobal and the convent of Poor Clares were accompanied by the councilman of Culture of the Municipality of Lorca, Rosa Medina, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes .
Cruz, who thanked the support from the first minute gave the Valencia, said that the aid "will mark a milestone from which trigger positive news about other funding from various agencies for the rehabilitation of other assets heritage. "
"This good news comes after a week in which experts from the Directorate General of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage have been propping up and making interventions more urgent effort to prevent churches and other property are dropped," said the counselor Culture.
The Minister of Culture of the Government of Murcia said he hopes "to this prompt action," the church of San Cristobal to open as soon as possible to the public by not suffer structural damage. "
Moreover, the Valencian Institute of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property restored two sizes, works of Roque López and José Sánchez Lozano.
Source: CARM