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Its origin dates back to the fifteenth century and is the only representative of the gardens of the Middle Ages that accompanied the manor houses on the outskirts of the city.

José Ballesta opens the exhibition that houses the City Museum with works ranging from figurative to abstract, within the LI International Folklore Festival.

The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Economic Promotion, Culture and European Programs, Jesús Pacheco, opened today the exhibition "The Gardens of the Mediterranean", which houses the Museum of the City, in which 18 artists have expressed their view of the Huerto López-Ferrer, considered the last Hispanic-Muslim garden in the city, whose origin dates back to the 15th century.

Nicolás de Maya, Hurtado Mena, Antonio Tapia, Araceli Reverte, Silvia Viñao, Antonio Sánchez, Eva Mauricio, Manolo Pardo, Burgueño, Alfonso del Moral, Cristóbal Pérez, Martínez Torres, Elisa Ortega, Ana Martínez, A. Mengual Martínez, Ruben Zambudio , Esther Monasterio and Pepe Montijo are the painters who participate in this collective exhibition that is part of the LI International Folklore Festival.

"These are recognized painters with extensive experience and talent, who are part of the Murcian quarry and actively participate with the Museums of Murcia," said the mayor, who said that it is "18 different looks from one of the corners more beautiful and unique of our city, a landscape that is one of the greatest exponents of the origins of the Huerta de Murcia and the sensuality and richness of its fruits and trees.

From the figurative to the abstract

Each artist has focused on different aspects of the López-Ferrer Garden, located behind the City Museum, painting its different elements from nature and using different styles that range from the figurative to the abstract, as well as various techniques, among which the watercolor predominates.

The works, 70x100 cm, were painted yesterday morning and are exhibited as of today at the City Museum, where they will remain until the end of September.

An orchard with roots in the Murcia of 1479

The Huerto López-Ferrer is the only representative of the lower Medievo gardens that accompanied the manor houses on the outskirts of the city.

The orchard of Hispano-Muslim origin is watered by a recreation of the course of the Caravija canal, whose original channel flows underground today.

This natural space, which has species as diverse as palms, figs and magnolias, as well as aromatic plants, was known since ancient times as the orchard of Cadenas or Junterón, and was conceived as a recreational area of ​​the house (originally from the 19th century) which currently houses the Museum of the City.

The first references about this space go back to 1479. The building and the Garden became municipal property in 1994.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia