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This activity of the Campus Mare Nostrum in collaboration with the city develops in the Cultural Center of the city, between 10 and 13 September.
The Councillor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez, and the Vice Chancellor for Strategic Development and Training, University of Murcia, Fernando Martin, inaugurated this morning the course "History and archeology of Sepharad: Jewish presence in Lorca and its border "that the International University Mar-Campus Mare Nostrum held at the Cultural Center of the city, between 10 and 13 September, in which 30 people have registered.
Martinez stressed that "the course of 25 hours, essentially aims to present the latest developments in historical and archaeological knowledge of the presence of Jews in Lorca and Castilian-Nazari border. Moreover, students entitled to free credits 2'5 ".
This course is led by Jorge A.
Eiroa Rodríguez, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Murcia and Scientific Director of archaeological excavations in the Lorca Castle and Andrés Martínez Rodríguez, Director of the Archaeological Museum of Lorca.
The mayor said that "in recent years, archaeological excavations carried out in the castle of Lorca have unearthed the spectacular remains of late medieval Jewry Lorca, among which his synagogue despite the findings have been widely covered by the media, the course's main objective is to disseminate and transmit knowledge around which is now the main financial asset Lorca city and one of its main resources for the future. "
"This is a required course, which will help us understand one of the cultures from which we come and rich heritage, from the hand of the most renowned experts," said the council, which recalled the dissemination effort XV century synagogue located in the castle of Lorca through the exhibition 'Traces of Jewish Culture' which is touring several cities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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