| Lorca | ||
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| State | Spain | |
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| Region | Murcia region | |
| Altitude | 353 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 1675.2 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 93.079 (2018 estimate) | |
| Name inhabitants | Lorquinos | |
| Prefix tel | 34 968 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 30800 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Clemente, Virgen de las Huertas | |
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Lorca is a city of Spain, located in the Murcia region.
To know
How to orient yourself
Lorca: full screen map.How to get
On the train
- 1 Estación de Lorca-Sutullena.
How to get around
What see
Civil and military architectures
- 1 Lorca Castle. Built in the 13th century and restored in the 19th, the castle dominates the ancient city from above with its powerful Mudejar tower from the 14th-15th centuries;
- 2 Town Hall (Casa consistorial de Lorca).
- Casa de los Musso. from the 17th century with a tower;
- 3 Palacio de los Condes de San Julián. From the 16th century;
- 4 Palacio de Guevara (House of the Columns). From 1694, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in Spain, it is one of the most important symbols of the city and one of the best examples of non-religious Baroque in the Spanish east;
Religious architectures
- San Mateo. from the end of the 18th century.
- 5 Colegiata de San Patricio. founded in 1571 and completed in 1772 in very ornate Baroque forms, declared a national monument;
- San Pedro. Church of the fifteenth century.
- Saint Mary. Church built on an old mosque in the early 15th century;
- San Juan. Baroque church from the 17th century.
Museums
- Municipal Archaeological Museum..
Parks and archaeological sites
- La Quintilla. Roman villa of the imperial age (I - II century) with paintings and mosaics in part still visible (including a Venus advancing on a shell with the personification of the four seasons at the corners). Inside, many ceramics from other Hispanic regions, Gaul and Africa have been found.
Events and parties
- Holy Week (Semana Santa). It is celebrated following the Andalusian characteristics
- Carnival (Carnaval). with parades of floats.
- Feast of Corpus Domini.
- Fiestas de la Patrona. from 1st to 10th September with exhibitions, tournaments, various dance competitions, concerts, the so-called Serenada a la Virgen de las Huertas in which singers and musical ensembles perform music in honor of the Virgin and the streets are flowered before the passage of the processions .
- Feira del Caballo.
What to do
Shopping
- 1 Parque Almenara shopping center, Camino de Enmedio, ☎ 34 968 46 37 37.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- North
- 2 Aledo (15 km) - Medieval village in a strategic position on the Sierra Espuña, with an 11th century castle and imposing keep.
- 3 Alhama de Murcia (30 km) - Town dominated by the ruins of an Arab fortress to the west of which extends the Parque natural de la Sierra Espuňa of about 10,000 ha. green with pine trees and with fantastic limestone formations.
- West
- 4 Puerto Lumbreras (18 km) - "Puerto" as it is located on a low mountain pass, which separates the region of Murcia from theAndalusia.
- South
- 5 Aguilas - Seaside resort and tourist port on the border withAndalusia (Province of Almería).
