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The works, which will end eight months ahead of schedule, involving an investment of more than 1 million euros, financed by the City Council and FEDER funds, and include improving the environment and Interpretation Centre 173,55 m2 between the two canvases that protected the city.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, today visited the restoration and enhancement of a new section of the Medieval Wall 190 linear meters is situated at the foot of the district of San Juan, near the Visitor Center ' Lorca Taller del Tiempo, and strengthen recovery from medieval image impregnable city, after the restoration of the castle tower Rojano and Annex section of wall, the porch of San Antonio and the Tower 9.
Jodar said "the execution time of these works was 20 months, but finally the Joint Venture with participation runs lorquina that is committed to complete them early next summer, so that the period is reduced by about 8 months ".
The mayor explained that "when tourists enter the old town by the bridge of San Cristobal neighborhood the first thing you will see is this environment recovered, with gardens, within which there will be an interpretation center of the wall, of 173,55 m2, to be located between two canvases that defended the city ".
The center, which will include a module of toilets, have metal structure, while their facades and roof are finished in wood and so equipped with air-conditioning, lighting, power and data to facilitate the versatility of use.
Furthermore your roof will visit and access the parapet level recovered from the wall.
This construction, for a case semiexenta, is protected by the wall itself and the containment elements and land protection.
The mayor stressed that the work, promoted by the Department of Employment and Local Development, were awarded in the amount of 1,074,305 euros, funded through the Urban Community Initiative of the districts of Lorca, co-financed by the ERDF and the Consistory.
Francisco Jodar has indicated that rehabilitation of this heritage as an area of ​​activity covers over 5,000 m2, being built space of approximately 240 m2 and is located between the Rambla and Wells Streets.
The work is to perform the consolidation and enhancement of the elements and structures currently known in this stretch of wall that comprises 5 towers and five curtains or paintings, in addition to a number of outbuildings and the remains of other canvases and towers.
The building covers a broad time period from the first phase to reform Almoravid eighteenth century, with the latest activities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "
The mayor mayor stressed that "this action is in addition to a range of interventions that have been made in the medieval city wall of Lorca and aims to restore this area of ​​the city as a new urban space. Was being restored and consolidating adobe and masonry structures existing pedestrian route facilitating double, to retrieve the path of the parapet, creating recreational spaces and protected relationship. The wall will have a flat roof and new open spaces linked to urbanistically treaties ".
The outdoor space bordering the wall will receive a careful surface treatment, preventing the creation of large volumes, the installation of large pieces of furniture, or the planting of trees, to avoid total contemplation of the wall layout.
The intervention is based on the use of various materials and textured paving level or coatings, looking a picture of upholstery or carpet floor surface.
In addition, we will proceed to the elimination of the dugout and processing center, with the burial of overhead medium voltage line and the construction of a new transformer.
The investment also includes the development of the stretch of Wells Street (including paving and street paving after the extension of the water supply pipes, sanitation and the provision of services Pipings for lighting, telephone and low voltage).
The aim of this initiative is to improve the urban environment of the city and its value as a historical legacy for social and tourist use.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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