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City and Government of Spain signed this morning at the Parador de Turismo agreement to the reversion of ownership of this monument, emblem of the municipality.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, described as "historic" the fact that "Lorca recover the most distinguishing mark", referring to the reversal of the Alfonsina Tower property, or keep, an agreement has been cashed this morning in our city with the presence of the Government Commissioner, Joaquín Bascuñana, Secretary of State of Tourism, Government of Spain Isabel Borrego, and the Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Finance, Pilar Platero.
The mayor has said that "we speak of a historical moment because the Sun City gets its biggest hallmark, Alfonsina Tower, if it never left the confines of the city itself had ceased to belong to men and women who have the honor of being called Lorca. After the conquest of the citadel Lorca by the Christian troops in 1244, the Infante Alfonso, that to which baptize history as the wise king, he built a tower to remember it was the conquest and tribute the deed done and your person. Similarly thirteenth century began to be erected this vantage Muslim techniques, and over the centuries its appearance was mutating to become the great image of the Sun City it is today.
Francisco Jodar said that "Lorca is the Alfonsina Tower and the Torre Alfonsina is Lorca. Would be impossible to imagine the city without it. No Lorca conceived the idea of ​​raising the head and not finding crowning the Castle and scanning the horizon.'s Hard to explain what supposed that this monument to our city. Alfonsina Tower is our hallmark is our dialogue with history, is our DNA and is a monument that gives us stability. During the bad times its simple vision gives us courage and tells us that although difficulties come, we have to be like her and withstand the onslaught of fate. Lorca When we leave we have always in memory, and when we returned, the mere sight tells us that in the end, we're home.'s our Tower, and the possessive adjective defines everything. From birth we love our city with all its virtues, it inherited the work of hundreds of thousands of Lorca who saw history. And between that heritage highlights the keep Alfonso X. Returning be the holders of this monument, the Lorca recovered a part of ourselves we lost. So today is a historic day and I want to congratulate all the residents of this city. reversion of title would not be possible without the strong cooperation of the Government of the Nation, which has been a great partner for this moment to arrive. government found in the full involvement and a strong commitment to the town of Lorca.'ve addressed our requests have valued the urgent need of the municipality to recover his great hallmark and made it happen thanks to a tremendous vocation.
The mayor added that they have understood that the best way to give life to this extraordinary monument was returning it to its historical owners and so today, Secretary of State for Tourism, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and to the Government, they give my heartfelt thanks on behalf of all of this city.
Many things have changed since twelve years ago was ceded ownership of this monument.
For example, the very grounds of the castle has been in value with the creation of the park "Lorca Taller del Tiempo".
Also discovered and retrieved both the ghetto and the synagogue and launched our extraordinary Parador.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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