5 Sights in Lorca, Spain (with Map and Images)

The Bastida de Totana is an archaeological site belonging to the argical culture located in the Spanish municipality of Totana, in the Region of Murcia. It is located on a conical profile hill about 6 km west of the town of Totana and was occupied between approximately 2200 and 1550 before Christ. It is one of the most extensive towns of the beginning of the 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 Argical Neuralgic Centers, with incipient urbanism and in which political and economic inequalities are detected.

Wikipedia: La Bastida de Totana (ES)

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.

Wikipedia: Teatro Guerra (ES)

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.

Wikipedia: Palacio Huerto Ruano (ES)

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.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Francisco (Lorca) (ES)

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.

Wikipedia: Torre de Torrecilla (CA)