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They are restoring 250 linear meters of wall also including the enhancement of the Puerta del Refugio.

The work, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, completed during this summer

The Councillor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez, visited the works being made in the wall of the Castillo de Lorca accompanied by architect project manager, Francisco Jurado.

This work, funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports through the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain, IPCE, represent an investment of 413,744 euros and will end this summer.

Martinez recalled that "it is one of the areas most damage suffered as a result of the earthquakes of 2011, as rocky landslides that swept parts of the walls and affected the rest of the structures were recorded, detecting even risk of rollover" .

For the mayor, "thanks to this intervention not only managed but also assure the structures put in value and create new areas of historical value within the grounds of the Castle. And is that not only have restored the damaged sections, but those disappeared throughout the centuries have also been recreated in concrete in order to provide a comprehensive picture of what the wall in the medieval period. "

The Councillor for Culture said that "recovering 250 linear meters of wall located in the northeast sector of the fortress, employing stone and lime mortar similar to existing features, always following the principle of minimum intervention and leaving visible footprint of recent events. "

In this sense, Martinez said that "especially emphasizes the action that is being developed in the so-called Fish Gate or Puerta de Alcalá, dating originally from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. Specifically, the span created in XV and was closed in the nineteenth it is giving value to be set as a viewpoint of great historical and cultural value to our town. "

Similarly, the works carried out within the mayor stressed "the recovery of the Puerta del Refugio s.XVII located next to the church of San Clemente and their entrances."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca