Natural areas
Alhama de Murcia
Totana
En el fondo del Valle del Guadalentín, entre Sierra Espuña y la Sierra de Carrascoy, se encuentra este Paisaje Protegido, camuflado entre un amplio mosaico agrario de cultivos extensivos de regadío, cultivos de arbolado y construcciones humanas, donde aparece en su mayor expresión la vegetación natural de la zona: el saladar. Es una llanura salina en torno a diferentes cursos fluviales, destacando las ramblas de Las Salinas y La Quebrada de Beatriz, o el conocido cauce del río Guadalentín, que es el más importante y que le da nombre. La superficie protegida se corresponde con cuatro áreas de saladar aisladas entre sí, consideradas relictos de un área de saladar mucho mayor en décadas pasadas. Es Lugar de Importancia Comunitaria (LIC) por estar aquí representados siete hábitats de interés comunitario, siendo el de las estepas salinas de interés prioritario. Además, está designado como Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves (ZEPA) por la presencia de la cigüeñuela (Himantopus himantopus) y ortega (Pterocles orientalis). Más información: www.murcianatural.carm.es/web/guest/saladares-del-guadalentin
Monuments
Lorca
En el S. XVIII se comienzan a levantar las Salas destinadas al Cabildo de la Insigne Colegial lorquina. La fachada se remató con la imagen de San Patricio.
Auditorios y teatros
Molina de Segura
TaXIs
Alhama de Murcia
Parada de taxi en C/ Tomás Moro. Licencia de taxi nº 6.
Museums
Murcia
Salzillo Museum. It was opened in 1960 and deeply remodelled in 2002 by the architect Yago Bonet Correa. It is a mixture of typologies: we have the Baroque Art which is still alive under the watchful eye of the Church of Jesus, see of the Brotherhood of the same name and which was declared artistic historical monument from 1935; and also the Contemporary Art, created in 2002 by this architect. A mixture of styles which coexist in perfect harmony. In the outside, in the lateral façade we find a magnificent portal which belongs to the ancient Renaissance Palace of Riquelme (previously located next to the Plaza de San Bartolomé and currently disappeared). It is meaningful that this family also ordered Salzillo the sculpture set of the nativity scene in 1776. This project kept him busy until his death in 1783. In the church of Jesus the Nazarene, famous thrones of Francisco Salzillo are exposed and walk in file on Good Friday morning: "La Caída" (1752), "la Verónica" (1754), "San Juan" and "la Dolorosa", made between 1752 and 1777, "la Santa Cena del Señor" (1763), "la Oración en el Huerto" (1752), "el Prendimiento" (1765) and "Cristo amarrado a la columna" or "Los Azotes", which was made between 1776 and 1777 and the last throne of this maker of religious images. The carving which names the Brotherhood, "Nuestro Padre Jesús" (Our Father Jesus), an anonymous carving of the 16th and 17th centuries and the one which gives its own name to a brotherhood, is the only one that wasn't made by Salzillo. 556 figures, which form the famous "Belén" (Nativity scene) also highlight. These figures were ordered to Salzillo by the marquis of Riquelme, and also an interesting collection of original clay sketches.
Monuments
Mazarrón
The San Andrés Church was built by the Marquis of Villena. From the original structure the main room has been conserved, distinguished for its handcrafted beauty, in the Mudéjar style. The rest of the building has been subjected to different restorations, giving it the architectural style that the church shows today. The interior still has some remains of parietal pictures and decorations. One of its two doors, the lateral one, corresponds to where the temple’s original entrance was, and as described by González Simancas during his early 20th century visit, it held the coat of arms of Guzmán, Cisneros, Enríquez and others, inscribed in circular flowers and fruits crowns and fruit in relief, in a style similar to the Junterón chapel within the Cathedral of Murcia. The San Andrés Church has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest.
Monuments
Mazarrón
At the feet of Los Vélez Castle hill, and within the population nucleus that would extend around it, the San Antonio de Padua church is located very near the San Andrés Church (16th century). The Church of San Antonio, completed in the second half of the 16th century, was ordered to be built by the Marquis of Los Vélez to provide space for the religious rites of the workers who lived in the villa and depended on him. The temple is a very simple construction, subjected to different reforms and changes in time, especially during the 19th and 20th centuries, when the cupola of the transept was repaired and a new bell tower and vestry were built. During the Civil War (1936-1939) the Baroque altarpiece and some smaller altars were destroyed, later to be substituted by pieces created to reproduce the original ones. Inside, the cupola of the transept is distinguished for its pendentives with paintings of saints. On the main facade, a niche of San Antonio de Padua is distinguished in addition to Los Vélez coat of arms.
Lugares de interés
Cartagena
These two batteries constitute a single position, constructively connected. They were conceived in Esteban de Panón's project in the 18th century and finished in 1739. Its construction is elongated and parallel to the coast, and its current configuration corresponds to the latest reform of O'Donnell's Plan of May 8th, 1862. Their casemates are buried to protect them from enemy ships fire, leaving their backs open for better ventilation of gunpowder smoke. The ammunition dumps were buried and communicated through tunnels. Its main characteristic is its privileged situation to control the port mouth. It has the consideration of Heritage of Cultural Interest, in accordance with current second additional provision of Historical Heritage Act. Visible from the route of the Blue Trail in the Port of Cartagena. NO VISIT
Tourist offices
San Javier
Punto de Información Turística en el edificio del Ayuntamiento de San Javier De lunes a viernes: de 09.30 a 13.30
Tourist offices
Santiago de La Ribera (San Javier)
Información turística local y regional. Lunes a viernes: 9.30 a 14 y 16 a 18.30 h. Sábados: 10.30 a 13.30 h.
