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NOW MURCIA has asked the mayor José Ballesta in the jury of blueprints for rehabilitation and put into use of the Old Jail not only involving politicians, officials and architects, which is what is expected, but other groups of join municipality and the Region "that can bring other perspectives to this important project and provide it with a multidisciplinary approach."

The spokesman of the municipal formation indicates that "without doubt the participation of architects is essential, but we believe that the involvement of more professionals and neighborhood groups would provide a major plus that should not be missed on a project that will be of great importance for the municipality".

Specifically, in a letter to Mayor, Morales proposed that part of the jury "a representative of the Royal Academy of Alfonso X, another of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Santa Maria de la Arrixaca and another from the University of Murcia, all advisory them on cultural heritage "institutions.

The spokesman Now Murcia notes that should also participate, "a member of the Association for Historical Memory, which has been working on the rehabilitation of the Old Jail and requesting a zone in this space. This is something that also includes the Act Historical memory, which states that there must be a space for the memory of the repressed in places where they suffered such submission ".

Morales says that "it is also essential that part of the jury a representative of neighborhood groups in the area, which already have long been preparing proposals of uses for this space."

The mayor said that the draft of the Old Jail, "given its entity, must be a facility for the whole municipality, but also is important to be an infrastructure of proximity and useful for residents of this neighborhood, which have important deficiencies facilities and services. "

"The contest blueprints for rehabilitation and put into use of the Old Jail is a historically pending in our municipality claim, so it is essential to achieve a comprehensive and future project, not to be reviewed in a few years because not meet the needs or does not meet the expectations of the neighbors and the municipality. therefore are essential contribution of ideas from various groups and consensus, "said Morales, while adding that" provide hospitality services in the enclosure is a possibility, but should not be the only thing that is offered in this space. we want and intend to be a multipurpose space. "

Source: Ahora Murcia