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36 students from the 3rd year of ESO from the Santa María del Carmen educational center, from Infante don Juan Manuel, visited the quarries of El Valle this morning in which they were able to discover the vegetation and fauna of this natural space.
This itinerary is guided by environmental educators that the Department of Urbanism, Environment and Garden, makes available to schools for free.
In the previous course, three educational centers requested this itinerary of the Regional Park of El Valle, with almost 100 students from among
The Councilor for Urban Planning, Environment and Garden, Antonio Navarro, visited this morning, along with ESO students from the Santa María del Carmen center, part of the almost 4 km of this circular itinerary in which it has been shown how it is the vegetation and fauna of this natural space and enjoy this protected environment.
The students visited part of the ravine of El Valle of great ecological importance, and reached the highest area of ​​the quarries through the "Senda de las Columnas".
In the previous academic year 2016-17, three schools requested this itinerary from among the educational offer of the environmental education program, "Murcia, ecology of a city".
Nearly 100 students from the 2nd Section of Primary and ESO, along with their teachers, were able to enjoy this environment from the hand of environmental educators that the council places at the disposal of the centers at a free cost.
In the current course, the demand for participants has increased, with 4 centers being the applicants, with about 200 students in total.
The Regional Park El Valle and Carrascoy
The Regional Park of El Valle and Carrascoy offers the possibility of touring many and diverse environmental didactic itineraries.
One of these itineraries runs through the environment of Las Canteras de El Valle, near the city of Murcia, and that the Environmental Education Program "Murcia, ecology of a city" of this Department offers it among its didactic activities.
The Quarries of the Valley are the example of how a human exploitation, "the mining", once ceased and recovered environmentally and landscaping, it becomes an interesting didactic resource for schoolchildren of the municipality of Murcia.
They began to be exploited in the Christian era and from them materials such as copper, iron, aggregates and mainly gypsum were extracted, material that the people of that time already used in their constructions.
They had their maximum splendor of use in the mid-twentieth century, which, being owned by the City of Murcia, were leased for exploitation by private companies.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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