Lorca Mayor thanked the chain of shopping malls contribution, through the Director Recovery Plan for Cultural Heritage, to repair the damage caused by the earthquakes of 2011 in the Employers Sanctuary.
The popular company donates 20,000 euros for the rehabilitation of Antecamarín of the Virgin de las Huertas.
l Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the Regional Director of the English Court to Murcia, Alicante and Albacete, Jose Antonio Maceda, and the Director of Communication of the English Court, Santiago Sanchez reported this morning the collaboration agreement by which This large commercial area provides 20,000 euros for the rehabilitation of Antecamarín of the Virgin de las Huertas.
Lorca The mayor thanked the big chain malls contribution, through the Director Plan for Cultural Heritage, to repair the damage caused by the earthquakes of 2011 in the Employers Sanctuary, bringing this initiative to the second phase the rehabilitation work which has just begun.
"Contributions like today makes El Corte Ingles are essential to complete the recovery of the historical heritage of the municipality," added the mayor.
The antecamarín of the Virgen de las Huertas, patron of the city, is one of the jewels of the Convent for his great pictorial and architectural value, which make this space a unique cultural enclave because, above all, the pictorial cycle custody.
In antecamarín of the Virgin, entirely designed by the Franciscan Morote, the set starts with the role reserved by God to Mary Immaculate in the redemption of mankind, as intercessor for the salvation of souls.
In his capacity as protector, the Virgin de las Huertas also favors his devotees, an argument that is used as a resource for using the story of Lorca and the convent itself, list and paint those graces by means of this Marian devotion had achieved both the city and its inhabitants.
A frieze kings of Spain recalls the privileges granted to Lorca by means of the Virgen de las Huertas, and another located in the lower part refers to the most significant miracles that the Virgin did.
The mayor has encouraged companies to continue the steps taken by the English Court, El Pozo and Sabadell Foundation to further contribute to the recovery of our heritage, essential to convey the remains of our ancestors to our children, to promote tourism and thereby generating wealth and employment for Lorca.
You remember that for this the Government of Spain has extended until 2016 the maximum tax benefits for these donations.
The Master Plan has become an indispensable tool in the process of recovery of Lorca.
"Our priority has always been the rebuilding of lost homes, extendable issue and where we dump all our efforts. But this issue was not incompatible with the aims to recover the historical, artistic and cultural heritage but on the contrary work, Additional tasks are to be developed to talk about full recovery of the municipality and different ways of financing, "concluded the mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca