Places to see in ( Lorca - Spain )

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Places to see in ( Lorca - Spain )

Lorca is a municipality and city in the autonomous community of Murcia in southeastern Spain, 58 kilometres southwest of the city of Murcia.Lorca is the municipality with the second-largest surface area (after Cáceres) in Spain with 1,675.21 km2 (646.80 sq mi). The city is home to Lorca Castle and the Collegiate church dedicated to St. Patrick.

Lorca is divided into these districts:

Alfonso X El Sabio.
Calvario.
La Viña.
Los Ángeles.
San Antonio.
San Cristóbal.
San Fernando.
San José.
San Juan.
Santa María.
San Pedro.
Santiago.

The municipality of Lorca extends to the Mediterranean. There are many beaches in its 8 km (5 mi) litoral stretch of the coast line surrounded by hills with coves with sparse to dense vegetation. Some of the popular beaches are: The Calnegre, a sand beach, 1200 m long and 20 m wide, is peaceful with the calm sea; Cala Leña, part of the Blana Cove with backdrop of hills covered with good vegetation and facing crystal clear sea water; El Ciscar, a gravel beach surrounded by low hills; El Muerto beach with volcanic black sand and rock faces; La Galera gravel beach in the backdrop of a cove and rock cliffs covered by vegetation; Los Hierros, a gravel beach; Larga beach, a 500 m wide gravel beach; and La Junquera, a small gravely beach with rocky landforms

The Lorca Castle, which overlooks the city of Lorca from a strategic location, and is thus distinctly visible from a distance, was built by the Moorish inhabitants during the 13th century. The Plaza de España (Spanish Square) is one of the most emblematic monuments of the city, located in the heart of Lorca's historical centre. Containing the Collegiate San Patricio and the Chambers of the Collegiate members, the Casa del Corregidor and Posito, the granary of the 16th century, amongst others. The Collegiate Church of San Patricio is a Renaissance-style building situated on the Plaza de España. The city has many museums of which the Museo de Arqueologico Municipal maintained by the Plaza de Juan Moreno is popular. There is also an embroidery museum. The city hall has many paintings of battles that were fought in and around Lorca. Paintings of local artists are also on display here. The Archaeological Museum of Lorca is located in the renovated "House of Salazar" which had been built in the early seventeenth century. La Casa de Guevara is one of the ancient baroque buildings built between 16th and 18th centuries by the Guevara family. Another historical monument is the Iglesia de San Mateo, which has an impressive vaulted interior.

A Roman Milepost of 10 BC of Emperor Augustus period over which a statue of San Vincente erected in the 15th century is an important landmark on the Columnia Milenaria". It is located on the located on the Calle de la Corredera
Lorca City Hall, built in the 17th–18th centuries, initially as a prison
Iglesia de San Francisco (Lorca) (1561–1735), also known as the temple of San Francisco, is a national monument.
Palace of the counts of San Julián, in Baroque-Neomudéjar style (17th century)
Huerto Ruano Palace, an urban villa from the 19th century
Casa del Corregidor, house built in the 18th century
Pósito de los Panaderos, granary house, built in the 16th century
Columna Miliaria, Roman structure
Convento Virgen de las Huertas, Franciscan convent destroyed during a raid in 1653 and rebuilt
Convento de las Mercedarias (16th century)
Palacio de Guevara (17th–18th century)
Antiguo Convento de la Merced
Antiguo Colegio de la Purísima (18th century), now housing the Conservatorio de Música Narciso Yepes.
Iglesia del Carmen, 18th-century church
Iglesia de San Cristóbal (17th–18th century).
Iglesia de San Diego (17th century).
Iglesia de San Mateo (18th–19th century).
Casino Artístico, Andalusian-style building, designed by Manuel Martínez Lorca.
Teatro Guerra is the oldest theatre in the Murcia Region, inaugurated in 1861.
Cámara Agrícola (early twentieth century), Art Nouveau building, unusual in this part of the Region of Murcia, designed by Mario Spottorno,
Puente de Piedra (19th century), bridge
Puente de la Torta (1910), bridge built in 1910 from concrete
Plaza de Toros (1892).

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