The socialist Councilwoman, Begoña García Retegui, has demanded "urgent government intervention Ballesta to prevent loss of historical set of the hermitage of La Luz" and announced that "in the next municipal plenary from the Municipal Socialist Group will ask the consignment budget necessary for their rehabilitation. "
Retegui Garcia recalled that "although the possession of the whole is the bishopric, the property is the City" and stressed "the great historical and cultural importance of the hermitage, which has been declared BIC degree of protection 1 whose church was built in the XVIII "century.
"Its facade is composed of two bodies with a belfry The lower body is divided into three sections:. The PBX with a semicircular arch for access, and sides with niches and decorated friezes with flower de lis, symbol of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain instituted in the eighteenth century "reported by the socialist mayor.
G. Retegui said that "as has been denouncing for some instances between them and most recently Antonio Botia, 20 and 23 October in truth, the (church, convent buildings and houses monastic complex surrounding orchards ...) are in an extreme situation and not to intervene urgently we risk losing once again, important cultural heritage and reference point for neighbors and residents of the coastal and faithful of Huesca and La Puebla Don Fabrique year after year maintain the tradition of approaching the last Sunday in October to the hermitage to the pilgrimage of the holy Nunilón and Alodia, landladies of these municipalities. "
In addition, the PSOE will ask all municipal records in relation to this historic complex.
Already in a municipal meeting in 1836 he saw the resolution adopted by the Council in July 1669 on the transfer of "place of light and adjacent Canadas to the" Hermits "and it is possible to find transfer agreements in the years following 1700, 1701 and 1737.
In December 1836 the Consistory agreed to grant the lease to religious Light for a period of eight years, but reserving the Town Hall two rooms.
Later there is another agreement dated in 1931 and another that extended the 20-year concession.
In 1962 the hermits claimed ownership of La Luz, to no avail.
Begoña G. Retegui recalled that "religious youth currently live in those buildings in more than improvable conditions, so that intervention should take into account all these aspects and should be done as soon as possible and agreement between stakeholders".
"The deteriorating situation around the protected Well obliges local administration, beyond the sole responsibility of the Bishopric in the conservation of buildings and spaces monacales" concluded the Socialist councilor.
Source: PSOE Murcia