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The distinction has been made by the Governing Council of the Autonomous Community of Murcia and has the support of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the Royal Academy Alfonso X El Sabio and the UMU.

The City of Murcia celebrates the decision that will improve the protection of one of the lungs of the city of Murcia, because of its numerous vegetative variety, which is located in the Barrio del Carmen

The Floridablanca Garden of Murcia has been recognized today as a Cultural Interest, in the category of 'historic garden' for its important role in the development of the city during the eighteenth century, as a former mall, and its subsequent transformation into a garden already in the XIX century.

An example of the concerns that caused a notable change in the municipality of Murcia and that definitely integrated the Barrio del Carmen in the urban core.

The Garden of Floridablanca has been converted into a vertebrate element of one of the most historical districts of the municipality, with culinary elements such as the door of the slaughterhouse, projected in 1748 by Jaime Bort, as well as the monuments to the Count of Floridablanca, Santiago Baglietto (1848) , The poet Jara Carrillo or José Selgas, works by José Planes in 1933, or the bust of the sculptor Antonio Garrigós.

According to José Guillén, Councilor for Modernization of Administration, Urban Quality and Participation this is a "great news for all Murcia that will help to ensure the care of the historical and vegetal elements of a Garden that has been a fundamental piece in the Development of the city on the other side of the Segura River, and which reinforces the commitment that the City Council is making with the green spaces throughout the municipality. "

The declaration of Cultural Interest of the Garden of Floridablanca has been endorsed by institutions such as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Santa Maria de la Arrixaca in Murcia, the Royal Academy Alfonso X the Wise or the University of Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia