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This is a piece that contains the coats of arms of the founders of the monastery, whose history dates back to 1400.
The piece was robbed after the Civil War, although the congregation was identified years later in an antique shop.
The shield, a symbol of the city, will occupy the front of the convent, now located on the climb to La Fuensanta.
The new plan, which happens to MurciaEscultura successful Murcia Plan which was dedicated to the enhancement of the historical heritage will address the recovery of one of the symbols of the city of Murcia, until now deposited in a warehouse but crowned for centuries the front of the remote monastery of San Antonio, before being transferred to the current location in La Fuensanta.
The convent was founded in around 1400 Murcia.
The convent house had a stone shield were reflected where the names of the families of the house, "Merchant and Pagan."
Conception Franciscan Sisters have led the contemplative life over the centuries in this house in the old Post road Murcia, until the structural problems of the church and the roofs had to leave years ago.
The monastery suffered several raids which resulted in the dispersal of cultural heritage shortly after the 1936 civil war have left.
Among these losses, the shield of the house of the convent, a symbol of the origin of the creation of the order.
The surprising story of the shield.
After leaving the convent of Murcia, because of the collapse, the sisters were staying at the Jerónimos.
During that time, one of the nuns knew the news that the shield was in an antique shop, to where they went.
Despite the illegality of the possession of the shield, the congregation had to pay 30 euros to recover it.
Thus, the shield became the new home-built convent sisters Algezares on the rise.
The restoration project provides for the restoration of the piece, which will be placed on the present church of the convent, as symbolic union of the new church of the convent with the origin of the convent of the order is born.
For this the steeple will be the key to this union.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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