6 Sights in Lorca, Spain (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Lorca, Spain! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Lorca. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Lorca1. Yacimiento Arqueológico La Bastida
La Bastida de Totana is an archaeological site belonging to the Argaric culture located in the Spanish municipality of Totana, in the Region of Murcia. It is located on a hill with a conical profile about 6 km west of the town of Totana and was occupied between approximately 2200 and 1550 BC. It is one of the largest settlements of the early Bronze Age in continental Europe and is considered one of the most important settlements of recent European prehistory. It was part of the network of Argaric nerve centers, with incipient urbanism and in which political and economic inequalities are detected.
2. Teatro Guerra
The Guerra Theatre is located in the Plaza de Calderón de la Barca in Lorca (Murcia). It was opened in the spring of 1861 and is the oldest in the Region of Murcia. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest on March 31, 1982. It is named after the actor Ceferino Guerra.
3. Palacio Huerto Ruano
The Huerto Ruano palace is located in Lorca, on Avenida Juan Carlos I and is currently municipal property. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1993. It is used as a museum and for exhibitions.
4. Iglesia de San Francisco
The Church of San Francisco de Lorca is a Catholic temple in Baroque style whose origins date back to the sixteenth century. The church is located at the intersection of Nogalte and Cuesta de San Francisco streets, in the historic center of the city.
5. Palacio de los Condes de San Julián
The palace of the Counts of San Julián is a manor house located in the city of Lorca whose origins date back to the seventeenth century, although its external appearance is altered by modifications made in the eighteenth century giving it the appearance of a fortress, and neo-Mudejar made at the beginning of the twentieth century.
6. Torre de Torrecilla
The Torrecilla Tower is a watchtower located in Torrecilla. Built in the Arab period, from it you can see the Castle of Llorca, which would have served as a link with the system of watchtowers that are also located throughout the valley of the Guadalentí River. It is a square tower made of rammed earth, based on the construction technique par excellence of the Andalusian settlers. The tower has four rows of this rampart, on this lower body massed to give it greater consistency rises another body, possibly a later reconstruction formed by masonry locked with mortar; The corners are built with bricks, which give it a visual effect. There are four small windows on the outside, one on each of the four faces of the tower which, in addition to illuminating the interior, served as battlements.
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