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The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, and the government representative, Rafael González Tovar, attended this morning to recover the ancient monolith which was placed in the so-called Puerta de Castilla and that for centuries marked the opening of the Camino Real de Castilla .
The Mayor, echoing the request of several neighborhood associations, sent a letter a few months ago the head of the State Highway Demarcation, Ángel García Garay in requesting their cooperation to restore this important piece of history of the Municipality of Murcia, dated in the year 1,800.
The work in question remained in the custody of the Division in a machinery of the Ministry of Development.
The Delegate of the Government authorized the recovery and rehabilitation of the piece, which opened doors across the street from Castile in San Basilio.
Thus, the Murcia recover part of their history and the piece will occupy the place where he stayed for over a century and a half.
Carved into the monolith, as a legend, you can read the inscription: "Reigning Mr. Don Carlos IIII this road was built under the direction of Mr. Josehp Muñiz of the Lase Keel, mayor mayor of Murcia.
1.8 year .. ".
'Murcia was'
The recovery of the work is part of Murcia Plan was a municipal initiative that will retrieve a prominent part of the past of the city of Murcia.
The idea, for example, has allowed the restoration of popular pieces such as sculpture of Fame, Gonzalez Moreno, or Game Boys, Elisa Seiquer.
The Mayor stressed that this initiative is to complete the bet by the municipal cultural planning in Murcia.
The City Council will continue to promote the implementation of architectural and sculptural elements that enhance the character and modernization of the city, according to the process of social and economic growth today, without forgetting the past splendid treasures Murcia and whose recovery will be one of the objectives of the legislature.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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