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• Los Grajos Gorge. Cieza.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30530. Cieza. Murcia. E-mail: oficina.turismo@cieza.es. The Dance of los Grajos. Los Grajos Gorge is home to works from the post-Palaeolithic era, in what is known as the Levantine-Naturalist style. The dance scene found at this site is one of the most complex of its type that has been discovered to…

• Canto de la Visera Shelter. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.yecla.com/ayuntamiento/.   The first traces of human activity have been found in several archaeological sites. The Canto de la Visera shelters have been dated to the Bronze Age (2nd millennium B. C.), and have revealed fields of rock carvings.…

• Palace of Guevara. Lorca.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Lope Gisbert, nº 12. 30800. Lorca. Murcia. http://www.lorca.es/. Also known as the "Casa de las Columnas" (House of Columns) because of the Solomonic columns on the main doorway, this old stately residence is one of the most emblematic civil Baroque buildings in Lorca. It is a house-palace wit…

• Sanctuary of the Purísima Concepción Castle-Basilica. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Yecla. Murcia. E-mail: basilicadelapurisima@hotmail.es. http://basilicadelapurisima.com/. It is built in neo-Classical style and is outstanding for its semi-spherical dome with blue and white stained glass windows with spiral decorations. Inside, the main element is marble, to be found both on the a…

• La Vera Cruz Sanctuary-Fortress. Caravaca de la Cruz.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Caravaca de la Cruz. Murcia. Fax.: +34 968708148 | E-mail: cofradia@serconet.com. www.caravaca.org. It has Moorish origins and has undergone many transformations. Inside you can see the Santísima Vera Cruz de Caravaca. The Vera Cruz Sanctuary is outstanding for its Baroque façade, added in the 18th …

• Arabí Mountain. Yecla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30510. Yecla. Murcia. www.ayuntamientoyecla.com. Monte Arabí cave paintings. In Yecla, Monte Arabí houses a series of cave paintings the most notable of which can be found in Visera Rocks, Mediodía cave and in los Muertos and Arabilejo ravines. they were discovered by Juan Zuazo Palacios in 1912. Th…

• El Puerto Cave. Calasparra.

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  … Cueva del Puerto. Calasparra. Murcia. E-mail: qalat@qalat.com. http://www.cuevasturisticas.com. A world waiting to be discovered. It is one of the largest and lesser known caves in eastern Spain. It offers two options: a calm visit or a more intrepid route for people who love the underground world. …

• Monteagudo Castle. Murcia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30003. Murcia. www.murciaturistica.es. The castle is located on the top of a hill.This fortress is very well preserved.The archaeological remains found belong to the Islamic period.After the foundation of the town of Murcia (825), as well as serving as a fortress, it was also a prison and grain stor…

• Aledo Castle. Aledo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Sierra Espuña. 30859. Aledo. Murcia. E-mail: turismo@aledo.es.   The castle is located 9 kms from Totana, and stands on a small ridge beside the Sierra Espuña mountains. It is Muslim in origin, and is built of tamped earth which gives it its reddish colour. The outstanding feature of the castle is i…

• Lorca Castle – Fortress of the Sun. Lorca.

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  … Carretera del Castillo. 30800. Lorca. Murcia. E-mail: info@lorcatallerdeltiempo.com. www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.com. This 13th-century castle is located in a strategic position overlooking the city. It has a long, narrow shape with a polygonal floor plan and is divided into three areas, one of which c…

• Ex-collegiate church of San Patricio. Lorca.

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  … Plaza de España s/n. 30800. Lorca. Murcia. www.lorca.es/. Ex-collegiate church of San Patricio.   It dates from the 16th to 18th centuries and thus presents a diversity of styles, ranging from the Renaissance in the vaults of the ambulatory to the Baroque style of the main façade. Its construction b…

• Murcia Cathedral. Murcia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Cardenal Belluga s/n. 30001. Murcia. www.ayto-murcia.es. A 600-year-old construction. Murcia Cathedral has many Renaissance and Baroque elements, although its interior is fundamentally Gothic. Created in 1394 on the site of a former mosque. It was bishop Fernando de Pedrosa who placed the corn…

• Cañaíca del Calar. Moratalla.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30440. Moratalla. Murcia. E-mail: turismo@ayuntamientomoratalla.net. http://www.murciaturistica.es. Prehistoric rock art in Murcia. Designated World Heritage. Prehistoric rock art sites that were designated World Heritage by UNESCO within the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. They provid…

• El Milano. Mula.

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  … 30170. Mula. Murcia. E-mail: turismo@aytomula.es. http://www.abrigodelmilano.es. El Milano archaeological site. They have been declared World Heritage sites. Cave painting sites have been declared World Heritage sites by UNESCO within the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula. They are an exc…

• Monteagudo Castle. Murcia.

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  … 30003. Murcia. www.murciaciudad.com. The name described the ruins located beside the Monteagudo Castle, dating from the Muslim period. These remains were previously part of a turreted rectangular space which was used as a recreation ground by the rulers of the taifas, or Arab fiefdoms.…

• Church of San Nicolás de Bari. Murcia.

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  … Plaza de San Nicolás. 30005. Murcia. www.ayto-murcia.es. It is in the Baroque style, and dates from the Muslim period. It stands on the site of a mosque, which after the reconquest was converted into a church. The new building was begun in 1736 under the direction of the architect Fray Antonio de Sa…

• La Torre Ciega Archaeological Area. Cartagena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 30202. Cartagena. Murcia. www.ayto-cartagena.es. This monument is the only thing that remains of the Roman necropolis that was located beside the route from Carthago Nova to Tarragona. The Ciega tower has a quadrangular plan, with a base made out of three ashlar stones The main body is noteworthy fo…