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May 17 Free Museums Night guided tour in the historic centre of Lorca

The city of Lorca is an open-air museum of historic architecture and monuments!

May 17 Free Museums Night guided tour in the historic centre of Lorca One of the events being held in Lorca on Saturday 17th May this year to commemorate International Museums Day is this free guided tour of the historic city centre, staring at 17.30 next to the statue of Alfonso X (the man who conquered much of Murcia from the Moors in the 13^th century) in the Plaza de España and lasting approximately 90 minutes.

Along the route the highlights include the magnificent former Collegiate Church of San Patricio, the Town Hall building, and various of the numerous churches which have stood for centuries in the centre, surviving attacks by the Moorish kingdom of Andalucía, the ravages of time and even the earthquakes which devastated much of the city in 2011.

Online booking can be made through the regional tourist board website here.

Further information is available from the tourist office of Lorca (Plaza de España, 7, telephone 968 441914, email lorcaturismo@lorca.es) while more information can be found at the home page of Lorca Today.

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Plaza de Espana, 30800 Lorca

Tel: 968 441914 (Fax 968 466157)

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

Lorca Tourist Office

The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites, and historic buildings, around which the modern City has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, the Jewish Quarter of the castle and Synagogue, Lorca Tourist Office Plaza de España, Colegiata de San Patricio, Museo de Arqueologico Municipal, Iglesia de San Francisco, Casa Huerto Ruano, Palacio de Guevara, Iglesia de San Mateo, Pósito de los Panaderos, Convento Virgen de las Huertas, Antiguo Convento de la Merced, Iglesia del Carmen and the Teatro Guerra.

Unfortunately Lorca has also been prone to natural disaster, suffering a Gota Fría on September 28th 2012, as well as an earthquake which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives. Since this earthquake the city has been rebuilding, winning recognition for its Lorca, Open for Restoration initiative, which used the restoration of the city as a tourist attraction whilst it rebuilt its historical buildings, some of which are currently still not open.

Lorca Tourist Office The tourist office itself has temporarily relocated until the renovations are completed and is on Calle San Patricio near the church.

Lorca also has an area of coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of, Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Lorca Tourist Office Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only through agricultural exploitations.

However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a Lorca Tourist Office series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.