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The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, this morning the old Bell Dangers, a splendid piece donated by the City of Murcia in the second half of the seventeenth century and has now been restored to be returned to the niche they occupy for centuries.
It's a new action plan went Murcia, a municipal initiative which is allowing to recover a prominent part of past Murcia City.
The bell, 35 inches in diameter and weighing 25 kilograms, was cast in the year 1684 and is inscribed with the following legend: "T DON FERNANDO DE LA MAYOR MAIOR RIBA 1684."
The piece remained in the custody of the Virgin Maid, Mrs. Hernández Pérez Hazards, heir of a series of Murcia for the care of the sacred height.
Hazards Hernández has welcomed the interest shown from the City of Murcia to recover part of the past of Murcia.
The restoration works, which have been borne by the Art Foundry Amando López-Gullón, have focused on cleaning up this work of art using the technique microcerámica jet and a subsequent natural aging treatment.
In addition, the piece will install a new electronic system dump, which will operate the hood at a distance.
Among the functions that had the campaign include ads before the arrival of floods, sounding the alarm in times of emergency to alert from there to the Cathedral, where they then rang the bell to alert staff because of their greater volume to the entire garden .
The age of the bell -324 years-and its enormous popularity are some of the characteristics that led to the city of Murcia to recover.
In this way, and after so many years, the bell will ring when the patron saint of Murcia, the Virgin of Fuensanta, return to Murcia next September.
Cultural Property
Murcia Mayor also requested a few months ago to the Autonomous declaration of cultural interest to the piece.
In his petition, the Mayor stated that the Virgin Hazard for Murcia is a constant reference point in terms of identifying a location characteristic of the city of Murcia.
Cross the Old Bridge to enter the neighborhood of El Carmen involves going before the shrine containing centuries the venerated image of this title.
House said then, "culminating in this niche was also placed in a hole made for that purpose, known as Hazard bell, with such fond memories for many Murcia."
Among other functions, the bell used to announce the arrival of our patron saint, the Virgen de la Fuensanta.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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