Murcia change has warned the Directorate General of Cultural Assets of the existence of a bridge with two eyes possibly built in the eighteenth century and is located in the Old Way of Monteagudo on the old bed of azarbe Mayor of Murcia.
This bridge has been completely buried after the diversion and tubing runway, performing works without any license as the bridge is not listed.
The Old Way of Monteagudo is the medieval road connecting Murcia with the palace complex, finding the bridge next to the remains of an Islamic tower declared a Cultural and Batan mill.
This singularity can assume that in addition to these works have been done with total disregard for the architectural heritage can be a criminal offense to be the bridge in the archaeological environment of Islamic tower.
Murcia change requested the Directorate General of Cultural Property to investigate the case and to urge the city of Murcia to unearth the bridge must be classified and protected so as to prevent their destruction.
On the other hand, it requests that a protective environment to ensure the preservation of this set, as well as archaeological research and its value, which is integrated bridge, Islamic tower, the mill Batan and the old bed is delimited the azarbe.
It also should include the route of the old medieval road as a link between the city and Monteagudo, so that is preserved as a historical path ensuring pedestrian and bicycle accessibility from Murcia to Monteagudo.
Unnecessary burial of this historical element can assume that eventually suffer the same fate as the bridge of the canal of Alguazas Aljucer severely damaged by making an electrically conductive trench.
In this sense, Councilman Sergio Ramos's change Murcia said that extending the catalog of buildings and protected elements of the General Plan "is necessary to prevent the destruction of more assets, but this has to have the information and experience groups that have spent years defending the cultural and natural heritage. "
On the other hand, has continued, "the implementation of an action plan that from a global perspective of the heritage of the municipality begins to value these buildings and protected elements is necessary."
The Association for the Conservation of MurciaHuermur Huerta denounced while the development works being carried out in the area without regard to the Islamic tower and fulling mill remaining in a roundabout.
* Photograph of the bridge before being buried is attached.
Source: Cambiemos Murcia