Portal de Lorqui
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The head of the Hermitage, one of the crowning Lorquí viewpoints, is one of the many attractions of the town ilorcitano and so understood by the local council, which continues its policy of promoting tourism in the locality.
The new action is now fixed local Consistory is the project for upgrading and enhancement of said head, emblematic tourist landscape and the deterioration of which is now manifest and patent.
To this end, action is designed to reshape the environment is divided into three chapters: drainage and perimeter fencing, replacement of pavements and urban elements, and pre-installation of exterior lighting.
An action that is made possible by a grant of nearly 66,000 euros from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Regional Government, included in the aid of the "Territorial Plan for Rural Development" local action group "Partnership for integrated rural development municipalities of Vega del Segura - Focus Leader. "
In addition, the local council will provide, by resolution of the Board of Governors, the VAT amount for the project.
"There are also other measures planned tourism enhancement, and signaling in several roundabouts Lorquí access with informative signs with letters of the name of the municipality, by forging letters cut anchored to them," says the local mayor, Dolores Garcia Villa.
"It will soon proceed with the placement in the parks and natural areas of signaling information includes data such green spaces, such as year of formation, etymology, behavior, etc.." He says.
A new image
This initiative is part of the tourism promotion campaign in the municipality that the Consistory ilorcitano has been under way for a couple of years and he wants to revive the historic attractions and entertainment areas.
Thus, based on the roots and influences that have made possible the current Lorqui, this initiative is twofold: first, the restoration and recovery of several local architectural elements with historical value, such as, for example, the different heads that gazebo crown as a municipality, and secondly, the creation and dissemination of a corporate image, modern and original, which represents the cultural elements that historically fed the population: from the Roman population (two towers) Arabic (half moon) and Christian (the Cross of Santiago).
And is that the origins of Lorquí back many centuries ago as the attractiveness of the locking-perched on two hills at the foot of the river Segura, has conquered cultures.
Muslim Girl Lorca called it, and according to legend, in the vicinity of the famous Roman military killed Gnaeus Scipio, in 211 BC (during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage).
Thus, a local seamount, where it is believed that there was a tower, began called the head of Scipio.
Also, in the hamlet of Los Palacios found a site from Roman times, where they appeared found objects (stamps and a hoard of coins) in the first century AD
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí
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