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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_landmarks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Notable landmarks</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_landmarks-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable landmarks subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_landmarks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Lorca_Castle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lorca_Castle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Lorca Castle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lorca_Castle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plaza_de_España" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plaza_de_España"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> 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<span>Health centres</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_centres-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Clinics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clinics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Clinics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Clinics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sports_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Sports teams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_stadiums_and_venues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_stadiums_and_venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Sports stadiums and venues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_stadiums_and_venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources_and_external_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources_and_external_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sources and external links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources_and_external_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(Murcia)" title="Lorca (Murcia) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Lorca (Murcia)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="لرکا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لرکا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(Se-pan-g%C3%A2)" title="Lorca (Se-pan-gâ) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lorca (Se-pan-gâ)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Лорка (горад) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лорка (горад)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Лорка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лорка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llorca" title="Llorca – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Llorca" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llorca" title="Llorca – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llorca" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(munisipyo)" title="Lorca (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lorca (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(m%C4%9Bsto)" title="Lorca (město) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lorca (město)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Λόρκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λόρκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorko" title="Lorko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lorko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="لرکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لرکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(r%C3%A9gion_de_Murcie)" title="Lorca (région de Murcie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lorca (région de Murcie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A5%B4%EC%B9%B4" title="로르카 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로르카" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca_(Espania)" title="Lorca (Espania) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Lorca (Espania)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%C3%A6_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80)" title="Лоркæ (сахар) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лоркæ (сахар)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%94_(%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8)" title="לורקה (עיר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לורקה (עיר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98)" title="ლორკა (ქალაქი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლორკა (ქალაქი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorka" title="Lorka – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Lorka" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorka" title="Lorka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Lorka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorca" title="Lorca – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Lorca" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li 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.ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lorca</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Spain" title="Municipalities of Spain">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandera_de_Lorca.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Lorca"><img alt="Flag of Lorca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bandera_de_Lorca.png/100px-Bandera_de_Lorca.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bandera_de_Lorca.png/150px-Bandera_de_Lorca.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bandera_de_Lorca.png/200px-Bandera_de_Lorca.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Lorca"><img alt="Coat of arms of Lorca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg/88px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg.png" decoding="async" width="88" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg/132px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg/176px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Lorca.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="614" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><i>Lorca solum gratum, castrum super astra locatum, ensis minans pravis, regni tutissima clavis</i></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 285px; height: 180px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="285" data-height="180" data-zoom="4" data-lat="39.5" data-lon="-3.7" 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lorca,_Spain&params=37.6798_N_1.6944_W_region:ES_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°40′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°41′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.6798°N 1.6944°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.6798; -1.6944</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Spain</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Region of Murcia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Spain" title="Provinces of Spain">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Murcia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Comarcas_of_Spain" title="Comarcas of Spain">Comarca</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alto_Guadalent%C3%ADn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alto Guadalentín (page does not exist)">Alto Guadalentín</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_districts_of_Spain" title="Judicial districts of Spain">Judicial district</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lorca</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Diego José Mateos Molina (2019) (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Spanish Socialist Workers' Party</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,676 km<sup>2</sup> (647 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">353 m (1,158 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">93,079</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">56/km<sup>2</sup> (140/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lorquino, lorquina</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of postal codes in Spain">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">30800</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lorca.es/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lorca</b> (<style 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data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/fc\/Pronunciation_of_Lorca_in_Spanish.ogg\/Pronunciation_of_Lorca_in_Spanish.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Pronunciation of Lorca in Spanish.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Pronunciation_of_Lorca_in_Spanish.ogg/Pronunciation_of_Lorca_in_Spanish.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Pronunciation_of_Lorca_in_Spanish.ogg" title="File:Pronunciation of Lorca in Spanish.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a municipality and city in the autonomous community of the <a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Region of Murcia</a> in south-eastern Spain, 58 kilometres (36 mi) southwest of the city of <a href="/wiki/Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a>. The municipality had a population of 95,515 in 2020, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second largest surface area in Spain, 1,675.21 km<sup>2</sup> (646.80 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1ceres,_Spain" title="Cáceres, Spain">Cáceres</a>. The city is home to <a href="/wiki/Lorca_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorca Castle">Lorca Castle</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_church" title="Collegiate church">Collegiate church</a> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick">St. Patrick</a>. </p><p>In the Middle Ages Lorca was the frontier city between Christian and Muslim Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2005_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier, during the Roman period, it was the ancient Ilura or Heliocroca.<sup id="cite_ref-Houtsma1993_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houtsma1993-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city was seriously damaged by a magnitude 5.1 <a href="/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake" title="2011 Lorca earthquake">earthquake</a> on 11 May 2011, killing at least nine people. Due to a shallow <a href="/wiki/Hypocenter" title="Hypocenter">hypocenter</a>, the earthquake was much more destructive than usual for earthquakes with similar magnitude. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory_and_Antiquity">Prehistory and Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prehistory and Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological excavations in the Lorca area have revealed that it has been inhabited continuously since Neolithic times, 5,500 years ago. The earliest permanent settlement is in the <a href="/wiki/Guadalent%C3%ADn_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalentín River">Guadalentín River</a> valley, likely because of the presence of water sources, mineral resources, and the strategic positiom along a natural communication route with Andalusia. On the hillside below the castle and the town archaeological digs have revealed the remains of an important population of the <i><a href="/wiki/El_Argar" title="El Argar">El Argar</a></i> culture during the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Molina2006_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molina2006-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Roman period, a settlement here was called <i>Eliocroca</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-SmedleyRose1845_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmedleyRose1845-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> detailed in the <a href="/wiki/Antonine_Itinerary" title="Antonine Itinerary">Antonine Itinerary</a> and located right on <a href="/wiki/Via_Augusta" title="Via Augusta">Via Augusta</a>. Elicroca was important enough to become a bishopric, <a href="/wiki/Suffragan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragan">suffragan</a> of the primatial Metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toledo" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo">Archbishopric of Toledo</a>, but this status would be lost under Islam. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feudal_and_modern_era">Feudal and modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Feudal and modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 713, the Teodomiro Pact was signed,<sup id="cite_ref-Constable1997_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constable1997-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> referring to the city and its domains with the name "Lurqa". Under this pact, the population was integrated into an autonomous Christian state, along with six other cities, governed by <a href="/wiki/Theodemir_(Visigoth)" title="Theodemir (Visigoth)">Theudimer</a> (Teodomiro). These political arrangements lasted until his death. Then a Muslim reorganization of the state took place, carried out by Abb-al-Rahman II, who turned the territory into a <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain" title="Córdoba, Spain">Córdoba</a> dependency. This led to the formation of the Taifa kingdoms,<sup id="cite_ref-Messier2010_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Messier2010-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/Taifa_of_Lorca" title="Taifa of Lorca">Taifa of Lorca</a> as one of these kingdoms, first created in 1042,<sup id="cite_ref-Salgado1991_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salgado1991-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when Lorca declared its independence from the <a href="/wiki/Taifa_of_Valencia" title="Taifa of Valencia">emirate of Valencia</a>. Its first governor was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ma%27n_Ibn_Sumadih&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ma'n Ibn Sumadih (page does not exist)">Ma'n Ibn Sumadih</a>, its power extending from the city to <a href="/wiki/Ja%C3%A9n,_Spain" title="Jaén, Spain">Jaén</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baza,_Granada" title="Baza, Granada">Baza</a>. During the Arab period it was known as <i>Lurka</i> and the old part of the town, made up of narrow streets and alley-ways, achieved its present shape under Moorish rule. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg/170px-Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg/255px-Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg/340px-Porche_de_San_Antonio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2007" data-file-height="3167" /></a><figcaption>Saint Anthony's Porch</figcaption></figure> <p>The taifa was shortly recreated in 1228, after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Almoravids" class="mw-redirect" title="Almoravids">Almoravids</a>, until it conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Taifa_of_Murcia" title="Taifa of Murcia">Taifa of Murcia</a>; in 1244, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernando III">Fernando III</a>, King of <a href="/wiki/Castilla_y_Le%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Castilla y León">Castilla y León</a> and his son and heir, Prince Alfonso, the future <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_X_of_Castile" title="Alfonso X of Castile">Alfonso X of Castile</a>, conquered Lorca.<sup id="cite_ref-Barca1999_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barca1999-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main tower of the fortress of Lorca was named <i>Torre Alfonsina</i> in honour of the King. The city continued to grow, as in Arab times, and became the main town in an emerging rich agricultural region, although the border hindered economic development. </p><p>Lorca, known as the city of 100 <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of Arms">Coat of Arms</a>, is where the <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moors</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> battled for control of the land; initially they both controlled the land up to the border on the north including the city of Larcia while in later years, the <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moors</a> controlled the city and the land up to the southern border.<sup id="cite_ref-Lipscomb2005_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lipscomb2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the late Middle Ages, Lorca was a dangerous border town, spearhead of the Christian kingdom of Murcia (belonging to the Castilian crown) against the Moorish <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada" title="Emirate of Granada">Emirate of Granada</a>. Lorca served as a base for launching raids into enemy territory. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Alporchones" title="Battle of Los Alporchones">Battle of Los Alporchones</a>, took place here in 1452, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Juan_II_of_Castile" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan II of Castile">Juan II of Castile</a>, who ten years earlier had granted the Lorca the title of "<a href="/wiki/City" title="City">ciudad</a>." The Kingdom of Murcia took Granada in 1492.<sup id="cite_ref-Cobb1992_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cobb1992-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the threat of war with Granada disappeared, the city changed in appearance, carrying out a series of urban reforms and developing trade. The numerous public works to be carried out attracted labourers from elsewhere, resulting in an increase in the population to 8,000 people. Among the new buildings include the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Colegiata_de_San_Patricio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colegiata de San Patricio (page does not exist)">Colegiata de San Patricio</a>, erected in 1553,<sup id="cite_ref-AznarVelázquez1945_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AznarVelázquez1945-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is the religious centre of the city, as well as numerous convents, such as La Merced, Santo Domingo and San Francisco. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Lorca_(Fortaleza_del_Sol).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG/220px-Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG/330px-Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG/440px-Castillo_de_Lorca_%28Fortaleza_del_Sol%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption> Castle of Lorca</figcaption></figure> <p>In the seventeenth century, Lorca took shape as a modern city, but still had defensive duties due to the Ottoman threat along the coast. This century witnessed the expulsion of the Moors, the plague, which killed half the population, and droughts and locust plagues. Nevertheless, from 1660 a spectacular recovery and development began; amongst the construction of new buildings was the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Palacio_de_Guevara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palacio de Guevara (page does not exist)">Palacio de Guevara</a>, built in 1694 and a fine example of <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">baroque architecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Coupe2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coupe2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eighteenth century is of vital importance for the city, being one of the regions favoured by the Bourbon reforms. Lorca truly became a modern city, losing its medieval character. The population grew, and urban sprawl began as immigrants settled in the suburbs of San Cristóbal and San José. The defensive wall disappeared, which is indicative of the greater security of the times. The city became a haven for painters, sculptors and engravers. </p><p>On 30 April 1802, a great calamity struck the town of Lorca. The walls of a nearby reservoir gave way, flooding the town and destroying many buildings and killing up to 700 people.<sup id="cite_ref-SmedleyRose1845_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmedleyRose1845-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KingMas2001_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KingMas2001-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the nineteenth century, the War of Independence and <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> epidemics and recurring droughts brought famine to the region and brought about the emigration of more than twelve thousand people. By 1845 Lorca had become the largest and most populous municipality in Murcia.<sup id="cite_ref-SmedleyRose1845_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmedleyRose1845-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trade declined during the first half of the century, although in 1865 it received its first steam engine, the Sewer-Lorca railway opened in 1885 and the Baza-Lorca railway opened in 1890,<sup id="cite_ref-Bradshaw's_railway_manual,_shareholders'_guide_and_official_directory_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradshaw's_railway_manual,_shareholders'_guide_and_official_directory-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bringing integration of the region in the domestic market, enabling the movement of mineral deposits and people. Restoration in the late 19th century brought with it a period of prosperity and political calm, the roundabouts of San Vicente, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Teatro_y_Col%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teatro y Colón (page does not exist)">Teatro y Colón</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Casino_Art%C3%ADstico_y_Literario&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Casino Artístico y Literario (page does not exist)">Casino Artístico y Literario</a> in 1885, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Teatro_Guerra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teatro Guerra (page does not exist)">Teatro Guerra</a> in 1861, and the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Toros" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaza de Toros">Plaza de Toros</a> in 1892, etc. were amongst the notable building developments of this time. The 1878 edition of <i>The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information</i> described Lorca (spelled as<i> 'Liorca')</i> thus: </p> <dl><dd>a town of Spain, province of Murcia, on the Sangonera, 80 kilometres (50 mi) W. of Carthagena. It has an old Moorish castle, and manufactures of silks, soap, dye-stuffs, leather, paper, etc... Near Liorca are important lead mines. Pop. 40,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG/220px-Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG/330px-Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG/440px-Calle_de_la_Corredera.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Calle de la Corredera</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early twentieth century, intensive exploitation of mineral deposits of the coastal zone meant a revival of economic life in the region. The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> paradoxically brought about the beginning of population recovery, but in the post-World War II years the population stagnated as a result of emigration. But today the flow has been reversed: the leather, pottery, cement and butcheries make the municipality an agricultural and livestock industrial tone, involving a large percentage of the population. The twentieth century in Lorca has been a technological take-off, with slow and gradual change of social structures, the specialization of the productive sectors, etc. </p><p>On October 19, 1973, Lorca and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Lumbreras" title="Puerto Lumbreras">Puerto Lumbreras</a> suffered a terrible flood that took more than 50 lives.<sup id="cite_ref-KingMas2001_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KingMas2001-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinagoga_lorca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sinagoga_lorca.jpg/220px-Sinagoga_lorca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sinagoga_lorca.jpg/330px-Sinagoga_lorca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sinagoga_lorca.jpg/440px-Sinagoga_lorca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="712" /></a><figcaption>Excavation of the Lorca synagogue found in 2002.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2002, during archeological excavations of the <a href="/wiki/Lorca_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorca Castle">Lorca Castle</a>, the old <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Quarter_(diaspora)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Quarter (diaspora)">Judería</a>, or Jewish quarter, was uncovered, including the Synagogue of Lorca, which was one of the few <a href="/wiki/Synagogues" class="mw-redirect" title="Synagogues">synagogues</a> in Spain that was not converted into a church after the <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Jews_from_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Expulsion of the Jews from Spain">expulsion of the Jews</a>. Items found during the excavation can be viewed at the Lorca Archeological Museum, including <a href="/wiki/Menorahs" class="mw-redirect" title="Menorahs">menorahs</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Judaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaica">judaica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 29, 2005, an earthquake of 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale with epicentre in the districts of <a href="/wiki/La_Paca" title="La Paca">La Paca</a> (1,068 inhabitants in 2005) and <a href="/wiki/Zarcilla_de_Ramos" title="Zarcilla de Ramos">Zarcilla de Ramos</a> (1,077 inhabitants in 2005), caused damage especially in the structure of various buildings, and in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avil%C3%A9s,_Murcia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avilés, Murcia (page does not exist)">Avilés</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coy,_Spain" title="Coy, Spain">Coy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Do%C3%B1a_In%C3%A9s" title="Doña Inés">Doña Inés</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Gonzalo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Gonzalo (page does not exist)">Don Gonzalo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=El_Pardo,_Lorca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Pardo, Lorca (page does not exist)">El Pardo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Canaleja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Canaleja (page does not exist)">La Canaleja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zarzadilla_de_Totana" title="Zarzadilla de Totana">Zarzadilla de Totana</a>. This was however to be topped by worse. </p><p>In 2008, Lorca received the annual Honorary Diploma of Europe Awards from the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_earthquake">2011 earthquake</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2011 earthquake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake" title="2011 Lorca earthquake">2011 Lorca earthquake</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg/220px-Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg/330px-Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg/440px-Hundimiento_de_la_iglesia_de_Santiago_tras_el_terremoto_de_Lorca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Damage to a church in Lorca</figcaption></figure> <p>The town was seriously damaged by a magnitude 5.3 <a href="/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake" title="2011 Lorca earthquake">earthquake</a> on 11 May 2011, killing at least nine people.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a> (USGS) said the larger earthquake had a preliminary 5.3 magnitude, it was so superficial that the magnitude was like a 7 magnitude normal earthquake, and struck 350 kilometres (220 mi) south-southeast of Madrid at 6:47 p.m. (1647 GMT, 12:47 p.m. EDT).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation"><span title="The text near this tag needs a citation. (January 2012)">This quote needs a citation</span></a></i>]</sup> The quake was about 1 km (0.6 mi) deep, and was preceded by the smaller one with a 4.5 magnitude in the same spot.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lorca_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorca Castle">Lorca Castle</a>, a fortress of medieval origin constructed between the 9th and 15th centuries suffered serious damages to its walls and the Espolón Tower during this earthquake.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titular_see_of_Elicroca">Titular see of Elicroca</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Titular see of Elicroca"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ancient diocese was nominally restored as a <a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">titular see</a> in 1969. </p><p>It has had the following incumbents, of both the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks : </p> <ul><li>Titular Archbishop Paul Clarence Schulte (1970.01.03 – 1984.02.17)</li> <li>Titular Bishop Héctor Julio López Hurtado, <a href="/wiki/Salesians" class="mw-redirect" title="Salesians">Salesians</a> (S.D.B.) (1987.12.15 – 1999.10.29)</li> <li>Titular Bishop Manuel Neto Quintas, <a href="/wiki/Dehonians" title="Dehonians">Dehonians</a> (S.C.I.) (2000.06.30 – 2004.04.22)</li> <li>Titular Bishop Matthias König (2004.10.14 – ...), <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_Bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Auxiliary Bishop">Auxiliary Bishop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Paderborn" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn">Paderborn</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorca_area.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lorca_area.png/350px-Lorca_area.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lorca_area.png/525px-Lorca_area.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lorca_area.png/700px-Lorca_area.png 2x" data-file-width="937" data-file-height="759" /></a><figcaption>Relief map. The <a href="/wiki/Guadalent%C3%ADn_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalentín River">Guadalentín River</a> valley can be seen between the mountainous area of the northwest and northeast and the higher land between the valley and the coastline</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is situated at an elevation of 370 metres (1,200 ft) in eastern Spain between <a href="/wiki/Granada" title="Granada">Granada</a> and Murcia. It was part of the hura<sup id="cite_ref-Houtsma1993_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houtsma1993-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tidmir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tidmir (page does not exist)">Tidmir</a> in the Muslim period when it became well known for its fertile soil and subsoil, and for its strategic location. It is situated on the southern slopes of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siera_del_Cano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siera del Cano (page does not exist)">Siera del Cano</a> mountains. The <a href="/wiki/Guadalent%C3%ADn_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalentín River">Guadalentín River</a> flows through the town.<sup id="cite_ref-Houtsma1993_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houtsma1993-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipality of Lorca is bound by <a href="/wiki/Caravaca_de_la_Cruz" title="Caravaca de la Cruz">Caravaca de la Cruz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ceheg%C3%ADn" title="Cehegín">Cehegín</a> to the north, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mula_(Murcia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mula (Murcia) (page does not exist)">Mula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aledo,_Murcia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aledo, Murcia">Aledo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Totana" title="Totana">Totana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mazarr%C3%B3n" title="Mazarrón">Mazarrón</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/%C3%81guilas" title="Águilas">Águilas</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/Pulp%C3%AD" title="Pulpí">Pulpí</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Lumbreras" title="Puerto Lumbreras">Puerto Lumbreras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hu%C3%A9rcal-Overa" title="Huércal-Overa">Huércal-Overa</a>, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9lez_Rubio" class="mw-redirect" title="Vélez Rubio">Vélez Rubio</a> and <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9lez_Blanco" class="mw-redirect" title="Vélez Blanco">Vélez Blanco</a> to the east. The town of Lorca itself is located 58 kilometres (36 mi) southwest of the city of <a href="/wiki/Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a> and roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the coastal town of <a href="/wiki/Aguilas" class="mw-redirect" title="Aguilas">Aguilas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GM_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GM-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lorca is connected to <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Lumbreras" title="Puerto Lumbreras">Puerto Lumbreras</a> in the southwest by <a href="/w/index.php?title=European_Route_15&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="European Route 15 (page does not exist)">European Route 15</a> (Route A-7) and the village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Barranco_del_Prado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barranco del Prado (page does not exist)">Barranco del Prado</a> just to the north. Beyond this the C-3211 road connects it to the city of <a href="/wiki/Caravaca_de_la_Cruz" title="Caravaca de la Cruz">Caravaca de la Cruz</a> much further to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-GM_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GM-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several towns and villages lie in the municipality, including <a href="/wiki/La_Paca" title="La Paca">La Paca</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Palm_Zarcilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palm Zarcilla (page does not exist)">Palm Zarcilla</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Avil%C3%A9s,_Murcia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avilés, Murcia (page does not exist)">Avilés</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coy,_Spain" title="Coy, Spain">Coy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Do%C3%B1a_In%C3%A9s" title="Doña Inés">Doña Inés</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Gonzalo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Gonzalo (page does not exist)">Don Gonzalo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=El_Pardo,_Lorca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Pardo, Lorca (page does not exist)">El Pardo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Canaleja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Canaleja (page does not exist)">La Canaleja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zarzadilla_de_Totana" title="Zarzadilla de Totana">Zarzadilla de Totana</a>. </p><p>The municipality is very large at 1,676 km<sup>2</sup> (647 sq mi) and has a range of geographical features, extending from the coastline to the mountainous areas of the northwest and northeast of the municipality. Lorca formed around the <a href="/wiki/Guadalent%C3%ADn_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalentín River">Guadalentín River</a> (in Arabic "mud river") in an arid valley. In fact, agriculture heavily depends on water transferred from the <a href="/wiki/Tagus" title="Tagus">Tagus</a> river in Central Spain. Irrigation channels were laid out all over the country by the <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moors</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. These agricultural plains lie to the south of the main town in the valley, a strip which expands into the western part of the municipality. The area to the north is mountainous; to the northeast is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parque_Natural_Sierra_Espuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parque Natural Sierra Espuna (page does not exist)">Parque Natural Sierra Espuna</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts_of_Lorca">Districts of Lorca</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Districts of Lorca"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lorca is divided into these districts: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%" valign="top" align="left" style="font-weight:normal"> <ul><li>Alfonso X El Sabio.</li> <li>Calvario.</li> <li>La Viña.</li> <li>Los Ángeles.</li> <li>San Antonio.</li> <li>San Cristóbal.</li></ul> </th> <th width="25%" valign="top" align="left" style="font-weight:normal"> <ul><li>San Fernando.</li> <li>San José.</li> <li>San Juan.</li> <li>Santa María.</li> <li>San Pedro.</li> <li>Santiago.</li></ul> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beaches_of_Lorca">Beaches of Lorca</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Beaches of Lorca"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality of Lorca extends to the Mediterranean. There are many beaches in its 8 km (5 mi) litoral stretch of the coast line surrounded by hills with coves with sparse to dense vegetation.<sup id="cite_ref-Lorca_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorca-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the popular beaches are: The Calnegre, a sand beach, 1200 m long and 20 m wide, is peaceful with the calm sea;<sup id="cite_ref-Lorca_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorca-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cala Leña, part of the Blana Cove with backdrop of hills covered with good vegetation and facing crystal clear sea water;<sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> El Ciscar, a gravel beach surrounded by low hills;<sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> El Muerto beach with volcanic black sand and rock faces;<sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> La Galera gravel beach in the backdrop of a cove and rock cliffs covered by vegetation;<sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Los Hierros, a gravel beach;<sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Larga beach, a 500 m wide gravel beach; and La Junquera, a small gravely beach with rocky landforms.<sup id="cite_ref-Lorca_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorca-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beaches_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaches-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Calnegre beach is one of the best beaches in Spain </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lorca has a <a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">cold desert climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: <i>BWk</i>) closely bordering on a <a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">hot desert climate</a> (Köppen: <i>BWh</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with mild winters and hot summers, while precipitation is scarce throughout the year. It is one of the driest cities in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, as well as one of very few areas with a desert climate.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the winter, temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) occasionally occur, while on summer temperatures above 35 °C (95 °F) are common, with peaks above 40 °C (104 °F). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lorca (1991-2020), extremes (1955-present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(100.2) </td> <td style="background: #F90000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(107.4) </td> <td style="background: #D50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.5<br />(112.1) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(113.0) </td> <td style="background: #F90000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(107.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(93.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.0<br />(113.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.7<br />(25.3) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(0.63) </td> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(0.62) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(0.88) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(0.85) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(0.78) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(0.47) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(0.06) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(0.35) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(1.18) </td> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(0.96) </td> <td style="background: #D9FFD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(0.97) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(0.78) </td> <td style="background: #E3FFE3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">216.4<br />(8.53) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Agencia_Estatal_de_Meteorolog%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Agencia Estatal de Meteorología">Agencia Estatal de Meteorología</a> (AEMET OpenData)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_landmarks">Notable landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lorca_Castle">Lorca Castle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lorca Castle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg/300px-Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg/450px-Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg/600px-Castillo_de_Lorca1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3335" data-file-height="2216" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lorca_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorca Castle">Lorca Castle</a> that overlooks the city of Lorca with Alfonis and Espolón Towers</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lorca_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorca Castle">Lorca Castle</a></div> <p>The Lorca Castle, which overlooks the city of Lorca from a strategic location, and is thus distinctly visible from a distance, was built by the Moorish inhabitants during the 13th century. Its history dates back to the Islamic period when it was built between 8th and 12th centuries; some remnants of which are still seen in the form of water systems in the older part of the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alfonsí Tower is of a rectangular shape which is built in the castle. The castle has a polygonal floor plan. The tower has three sections. Gothic vaulted ceilings are seen in its three sections.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfon_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has the Espolón Tower. During the final stages of Christian reconquest, the Moors had taken refuge in the castle. Alphonse tower was added to the fort defences when Alfonso X had retaken the city in 1243 provided security to the turrets and crenels of the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-Lipscomb2005_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lipscomb2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle is now a popular place for holding fiestas and civic functions.<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle is also transformed into a theme park with fine display of "dioramas, actors in costumes and various gadgetry."<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plaza_de_España"><span id="Plaza_de_Espa.C3.B1a"></span>Plaza de España</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Plaza de España"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg/300px-Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg/450px-Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg/600px-Colegiata_San_Patricio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Colegiata de San Patricio on the Plaza de España.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Plaza de España (Spanish Square) is one of the most emblematic monuments of the city, located in the heart of Lorca's historical centre. Containing the Collegiate San Patricio and the Chambers of the Collegiate members, the Casa del Corregidor and Posito, the granary of the 16th century, amongst others<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Plaza has been declared a Cultural Monument. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colegiata_de_San_Patricio">Colegiata de San Patricio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Colegiata de San Patricio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg/300px-Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg/450px-Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg/600px-Lorca_-_Fachada_de_la_Colegiata_de_San_Patricio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Facade of the Colegiata de San Patricio</figcaption></figure> <p>The Collegiate Church of San Patricio is a Renaissance-style building situated on the Plaza de España. It was declared a National Historic-Artistic site by decree of January 27, 1941. The Collegiate is the only one in Spain which is under the patronage of <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick">St. Patrick</a>. The dedication to the Irish saint, has its origins in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Alporchones" title="Battle of Los Alporchones">Battle of Los Alporchones</a>, fought on March 17, 1452 (St. Patrick's Day) against people of the city of Granada. The church began construction in 1533 under <a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII" title="Pope Clement VII">Pope Clement VII</a> on the spot of the old church of San Jorge. Construction, however, was delayed until 1704.<sup id="cite_ref-Lipscomb2005_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lipscomb2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church features a baroque façade with Renaissance interiors.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has many museums of which the Museo de Arqueologico Municipal maintained by the Plaza de Juan Moreno is popular. There is also an embroidery museum. The city hall has many paintings of battles that were fought in and around Lorca. Paintings of local artists are also on display here.<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Museo Arqueológico</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Museo_lorca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Museo_lorca.jpg/300px-Museo_lorca.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Museo_lorca.jpg/450px-Museo_lorca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Museo_lorca.jpg/600px-Museo_lorca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Lorca" title="Archaeological Museum of Lorca">Archaeological Museum of Lorca</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Lorca" title="Archaeological Museum of Lorca">Archaeological Museum of Lorca</a> is located in the renovated "House of Salazar" which had been built in the early seventeenth century. The museum is a store house of all the archaeological antiquaries found during excavations in several historical areas of Lorca and from other regions in Spain. Limestone statues made in the Lavant area of Lorca decorate the façade. These statues carved are of Mary Natareloo Salazar flanked by figures of two naked female torsos.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Museum_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside the museum exhibits are in several sections arranged in a sequence. In the lobby and the first section of the museum the exhibits are: Prehistoric Palaeolithic (95000-32000 BC) and chalcolithic period (32,000 to 9000 BC) finds seen in the flint section consist of antiquaries of scrapers, knives and points used by the hunters and gatherers who lived in Black Hill of Jofré and the Correia in Lorca; utensils arrowheads, axes, polished piece, handmade pottery, beads of people who lived in the region of Lorca during the late Neolithic period (3500 BC); the Copper Age (3000 BC) findings of funerary objects found in the caves of the hills in Lorca; stone architecture of the <a href="/wiki/Megaliths" class="mw-redirect" title="Megaliths">megaliths</a> of the Black Hill in Lorca; the later part of the third millennium idols made from clay, bone and stone from the excavations from the Glorieta de San Vicente (Lorca city), one particular item of display is the triangular plate of stone painted in black with schematic rock art painting and other animal on the shoulder blade; the two columns of Emperor Augustus (8–7 BC) and Emperor Diocletian; and the Roman period mosaics, faces of Venus and the nine females of the period.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Museum_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Section1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Section1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_monuments">Other monuments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Posito_de_Lorca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Posito_de_Lorca.jpg/220px-Posito_de_Lorca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Posito_de_Lorca.jpg/330px-Posito_de_Lorca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Posito_de_Lorca.jpg/440px-Posito_de_Lorca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>16th century granary</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg/220px-San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg/330px-San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg/440px-San_Francisco_lorca2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Iglesia de San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_julian_lorca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/San_julian_lorca.jpg/220px-San_julian_lorca.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/San_julian_lorca.jpg/330px-San_julian_lorca.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/San_julian_lorca.jpg/440px-San_julian_lorca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>San Julián</figcaption></figure> <p>Lorca is studded with ancient monuments built in baroque architecture, Roman villas, palaces, unique works of art.<sup id="cite_ref-Porch_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porch-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the central part of the town, La Casa de Guevara is one of the ancient baroque buildings built between 16th and 18th centuries by the Guevara family. Another historical monument is the Iglesia de San Mateo, which has an impressive vaulted interior.<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A Roman Milepost of 10 BC of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Augustus" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Augustus">Emperor Augustus</a> period over which a statue of San Vincente erected in the 15th century is an important landmark on the Columnia Milenaria."<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located on the located on the Calle de la Corredera</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca_City_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorca City Hall (page does not exist)">Lorca City Hall</a>, built in the 17th–18th centuries, initially as a prison<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Medieval walls and gate or porch of <i>San Antonio</i> (13th-early 14th centuries) of Arabic origin was the main entrance gate then.<sup id="cite_ref-Porch_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porch-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Monumental complex of <i>Santo Domingo</i> (16th–18th centuries), formed by the namesake church, the <i>Capilla del Rosario</i> and remains of a convent's cloister.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_de_San_Francisco_(Lorca)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia de San Francisco (Lorca) (page does not exist)">Iglesia de San Francisco (Lorca)</a> (1561–1735), also known as the temple of San Francisco, is a national monument. It was first built by the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan Order">Franciscan Order</a> in the middle of the 16th century which was later totally rebuilt in the 17th century. It has many baroque altar pieces made by Ginés López in 1694. In the 18th century, Jerónimo Caballero added two high altarpieces of the <a href="/wiki/Transept" title="Transept">transept</a> that are dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Anthony_the_Great" title="Anthony the Great">Saint Antonio</a> and to <a href="/wiki/True_Cross" title="True Cross">Vera Cruz</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Christ" title="Blood of Christ">Blood of Christ</a>. In 1941, the 'Virgin de los Dolores' altarpiece made by José Capuz was added.<sup id="cite_ref-San_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-San-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Palace of the counts of San Julián, in Baroque-Neo<a href="/wiki/Mud%C3%A9jar" title="Mudéjar">mudéjar</a> style (17th century)</li> <li><i>Huerto Ruano</i> Palace, an urban villa from the 19th century</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Casa_del_Corregidor_(Lorca)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Casa del Corregidor (Lorca) (page does not exist)">Casa del Corregidor</a>, house built in the 18th century<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P%C3%B3sito_de_los_Panaderos_(Lorca)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pósito de los Panaderos (Lorca) (page does not exist)">Pósito de los Panaderos</a>, granary house, built in the 16th century</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Columna_Miliaria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Columna Miliaria (page does not exist)">Columna Miliaria</a>, Roman structure</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convento_Virgen_de_las_Huertas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convento Virgen de las Huertas (page does not exist)">Convento Virgen de las Huertas</a>, Franciscan convent destroyed during a raid in 1653 and rebuilt</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convento_de_las_Mercedarias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convento de las Mercedarias (page does not exist)">Convento de las Mercedarias</a> (16th century)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palacio_de_Guevara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palacio de Guevara (page does not exist)">Palacio de Guevara</a> (17th–18th century)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiguo_Convento_de_la_Merced&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antiguo Convento de la Merced (page does not exist)">Antiguo Convento de la Merced</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antiguo_Colegio_de_la_Pur%C3%ADsima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antiguo Colegio de la Purísima (page does not exist)">Antiguo Colegio de la Purísima</a> (18th century), now housing the Conservatorio de Música Narciso Yepes.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_del_Carmen_(Lorca)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia del Carmen (Lorca) (page does not exist)">Iglesia del Carmen</a>, 18th-century church</li> <li>Iglesia de San Cristóbal (17th–18th century).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_de_San_Diego&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia de San Diego (page does not exist)">Iglesia de San Diego</a> (17th century).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_de_San_Mateo_(Lorca)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia de San Mateo (Lorca) (page does not exist)">Iglesia de San Mateo</a> (18th–19th century).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Casino Artístico, Andalusian-style building, designed by Manuel Martínez Lorca.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teatro_Guerra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teatro Guerra (page does not exist)">Teatro Guerra</a> is the oldest theatre in the Murcia Region, inaugurated in 1861.</li> <li>Cámara Agrícola (early twentieth century), <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> building, unusual in this part of the Region of Murcia, designed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mario_Spottorno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mario Spottorno (page does not exist)">Mario Spottorno</a>,</li> <li>Puente de Piedra (19th century), bridge</li> <li>Puente de la Torta (1910), bridge built in 1910 from concrete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Toros" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaza de Toros">Plaza de Toros</a> (1892).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG/220px-Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG/330px-Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG/440px-Ayuntamiento_de_Lorca2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca_City_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorca City Hall (page does not exist)">Lorca City Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After most of the land and water supplies had been held for centuries by a minority of landowners and by Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Order_(religious)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order (religious)">religious orders</a>, Lorca began a period of sluggish economic growth during the 1960s. </p><p>Still today, its economy is largely based on agriculture and stock breeding (pigs and brown cows), although its service industries make it the commercial capital of the surrounding area. The economy of the town is thus dependent largely on export of pork products and textiles.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has saltpetre, gunpowder, and lead-smelting works. In recent years, Lorca has experienced a population growth because of peasant immigration, mostly coming from <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>. </p><p>Lorca has launched a programme to boost its economy by attracting local, national and international industrial houses to set up base in the city and its precincts by identifying land for allotment to set up industrial parks, Research and Development (R&D) projects. Some of the important recent actions taken by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca_City_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorca City Hall (page does not exist)">Lorca City Hall</a> relate to allotment of 52 hectares (130 acres) of land for development through 60 local entrepreneurial projects, 77 hectares (190 acres) to promote investments that would create employment and maximize the Lorca economy, 130 hectares (320 acres) allotted to <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> investors to develop corporate projects, approval of land programmes for development of Serrata Industrial Park by the Lorca Land and Housing firm (SUVILOR) to develop five parks, setup Health Sciences University Campus for the 2010–2011 under agreements with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> firms. Further advantages cited for firms to set up their establishments in Lorca are the approved plans for the allotment of land of 100,000 m<sup>2</sup> (1,100,000 sq ft) in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoya,_Spain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoya, Spain (page does not exist)">Hoya</a> 800,000 m<sup>2</sup> (8,600,000 sq ft) in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Purias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Purias (page does not exist)">Purias</a> and the identification of land for Zarcilla de Ramos, Zarzadilla de Totana, La Paca and Almendricos for development of industries.<sup id="cite_ref-Invest_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Invest-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Region of Murcia</a>, the City Council of Lorca, the Chamber of Commerce of Lorca and the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of the Region of Lorca (Ceclor), as a consortium, have formed the LORCATUR to develop cultural tourism of Lorca. The emphasis is on promoting urban tourist circuits and thematic itineraries. To this end, plans have been taken up to conserve, preserve and restore the built heritage of the city, regenerate urban areas for residents and tourists, and diversify the historical and cultural heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-tourism_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tourism-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_activity">Cultural activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Cultural activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG/220px-Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG/330px-Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG/440px-Mantos_del_Triunfo_del_Cristianismo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Semana Santa</figcaption></figure> <p>Cultural activity in Lorca is the Easter celebration, the Holy Week celebration popularly known as the <a href="/wiki/Semana_Santa" class="mw-redirect" title="Semana Santa">Semana Santa</a>. Semana Santa festival has been popularised since 1855. It is said to be the best festival held anywhere in Spain where two brotherhoods vie with each other to display two colours namely the Azul (blue) and Blanco (white) for the highly competitive festive display of cloaks. Each of the brotherhood in Lorca, on this occasion, carries an image of <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a> – one draped in a blue cloak and another in white cloak with a banner and a museum. Music played on this occasion is of a different rhythm is reverential and vigorously mixing the story of <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>. Apart from this annual festival, there are four small museums where exhibits of Semana Santa costumes are on display. These costumes are finely embroidered on silk and depict historical and religious scenes; some of these cloaks are as long as 5 metres (16 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-Simonis2009_30-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonis2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fiesta celebration for La Virgen de Las Huertas is held on 8 September every year.<sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsJenkins2006_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsJenkins2006-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Centres of education in Lorca:<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25%" valign="top" align="left" style="font-weight:normal"> <ul><li>Primary Schools <ul><li>Colegio San Francisco de Asís</li> <li>Colegio Madre de Dios</li> <li>Colegio "Ciudad del Sol"</li> <li>C.P. Alfonso X El Sabio</li> <li>C.P. Almendricos</li> <li>C.P. Andrés García Soler</li> <li>C.P. Andrés Manjón</li> <li>C.P. Casa del niño</li> <li>C.P. Comarcal Marchena</li> <li>C.P. Comarcal Pasico-Campillo</li> <li>C.P. José Robles</li> <li>C.P. Juan González</li> <li>C.P. Juan Navarro</li> <li>C.P. La Torrecilla</li> <li>C.P. Las librilleras</li> <li>C.P. Muñoz Barberán</li> <li>C.P. Narciso Yepes</li> <li>C.P. Ntra. Sra. De La Asunción</li> <li>C.P. Pasico Campillo</li> <li>C.P. Pérez de Hita</li> <li>C.P. Petra González</li> <li>C.P. Preescolar Muñoz Barberán</li> <li>C.P. Purias</li> <li>C.P. Sagrado Corazón</li> <li>C.P. San Cristóbal</li> <li>C.P. San Fernando</li> <li>C.P. San José</li> <li>C.P. Villaespesa</li> <li>C.P. Virgen de las Huertas</li> <li>C.P. Zarzadilla de Ramos</li> <li>C.P. Zarzadilla de Totana</li> <li>C.P. Zona Calvario</li></ul></li></ul> </th> <th width="25%" valign="top" align="left" style="font-weight:normal"> <ul><li>High schools <ul><li>Instituto José Ibánez Martín</li> <li>Instituto Príncipe de Asturias</li> <li>Instituto Ramón Arcas Meca</li> <li>Instituto Ros Giner</li> <li>Instituto San Juan Bosco</li> <li>Instituto Sierra Almenara de Purias</li> <li>Instituto La Paca</li> <li>Instituto nº 6</li></ul></li> <li>Libraries <ul><li>Biblioteca Municipal Pilar Barnés</li> <li>Biblioteca Príncipe de Asturias</li> <li>Biblioteca De la Paca</li> <li>Biblioteca de La Hoya</li> <li>Biblioteca de Almendricos</li> <li>Biblioteca de Zarcilla de Ramos</li> <li>Biblioteca de Purias</li> <li>Biblioteca Marchena-Aguaderas</li> <li>Biblioteca Infantil</li> <li>Centro Cultural</li></ul></li> <li>Others <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Escuela_Oficial_de_Idiomas" title="Escuela Oficial de Idiomas">Escuela Oficial de Idiomas</a></li> <li>Escuela de Capacitación Agraria</li> <li>Centro Público de Educación Especial Pilar Soubrier</li> <li>Centro de Educación Temprana</li> <li>Centro de Educación de Personas Adultas "Alto Guadalentín"</li> <li>Centro Integrado de Formación Profesional, rama sanitaria.</li></ul></li> <li>Universities <ul><li>Campus Universitario de Ciencias Sociosanitarias (University of Murcia)</li></ul></li></ul> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The public health system that exists in Lorca is managed by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Servicio_Murciano_de_Salud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Servicio Murciano de Salud (page does not exist)">Servicio Murciano de Salud</a> (SMS). In February 2010, Rafael Méndez Hospital was accredited University General Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-hospital_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hospital-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_(Lorca-Murcia_2008).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg/300px-Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg/450px-Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg/600px-Hospital_Rafael_M%C3%A9ndez_%28Lorca-Murcia_2008%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Hospital General Universitario Rafael Méndez</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitals">Hospitals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hospitals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hospital General Universitario Rafael Méndez<sup id="cite_ref-hospital_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hospital-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hospital Virgen del Alcázar</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_centres">Health centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Health centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The health centres below are placed in the municipality: </p> <ul><li>Centro de Salud Lorca-San Diego<sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Centro de Salud Lorca-Sur</li> <li>Centro de Salud Lorca-Centro<sup id="cite_ref-:1_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Centro de Salud La Paca<sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Centro de Salud Sutullena<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clinics">Clinics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Clinics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The primary care health centre with the fewest functions below are located in the municipality:<sup id="cite_ref-:1_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style></p><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Consultorio La Torrecilla</li> <li>Consultorio Morata</li> <li>Consultorio Coy</li> <li>Consultorio Zarzadilla de Totana</li> <li>Consultorio Las Terreras</li> <li>Consultorio Tova-La Parroquia</li> <li>Consultorio Campillo</li> <li>Consultorio Escucha</li> <li>Consultorio Ramonete</li> <li>Consultorio Cazalla</li> <li>Consultorio Zarcilla de Ramos</li> <li>Consultorio Doña Inés</li> <li>Consultorio La Campana / Pozo Higuera</li> <li>Consultorio Aguaderas</li> <li>Consultorio Campo López</li> <li>Consultorio Avilés</li> <li>Consultorio La Hoya</li> <li>Consultorio Marchena</li> <li>Consultorio Puente La Pía</li> <li>Consultorio Purias</li> <li>Consultorio Tercia</li> <li>Consultorio Consejero</li> <li>Consultorio Almendricos</li> <li>Consultorio Torrecilla</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_teams">Sports teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sports teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG/220px-Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG/330px-Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG/440px-Lorca_-_Villarreal_B_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Francisco_Art%C3%A9s_Carrasco" title="Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco">Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Athletics</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atletismo_Eliocroca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atletismo Eliocroca (page does not exist)">Atletismo Eliocroca</a>, an athletic club participating at the regional level (cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, route, half marathon, <a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">marathon</a>, 100 km).</li></ul> <dl><dt>Football</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lorca_FC" title="Lorca FC">Lorca FC</a>, football team previously based in the hamlet of La Hoya which is currently active in <a href="/wiki/Tercera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Tercera División">Tercera División</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CF_Lorca_Deportiva" title="CF Lorca Deportiva">CF Lorca Deportiva</a>, football team in <a href="/wiki/Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n_B" title="Segunda División B">Segunda División B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorca_Deportiva_CF" title="Lorca Deportiva CF">Lorca Deportiva CF</a> (2002–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorca_Atl%C3%A9tico_CF" title="Lorca Atlético CF">Lorca Atlético CF</a> (2010–2012)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uni%C3%B3n_Deportiva_Zarcilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unión Deportiva Zarcilla (page does not exist)">Unión Deportiva Zarcilla</a>, football team which is active in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Preferente_Auton%C3%B3mica_de_la_Regi%C3%B3n_de_Murcia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preferente Autonómica de la Región de Murcia (page does not exist)">Preferente Autonómica de la Región de Murcia</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Rugby</dt></dl> <ul><li>Club Rugby Lorca</li></ul> <dl><dt>Futsal</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ciudad_de_Lorca_F%C3%BAtbol_Sala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ciudad de Lorca Fútbol Sala (page does not exist)">Ciudad de Lorca Fútbol Sala</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Basketball</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indigo_Qu%C3%ADmica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indigo Química (page does not exist)">Indigo Química</a>, basketball team that plays in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Primera_Auton%C3%B3mica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Primera Autonómica (page does not exist)">Primera Autonómica</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Handball</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Club_Balonmano_Lorca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Club Balonmano Lorca (page does not exist)">Club Balonmano Lorca</a>, team that plays in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n_Nacional_Masculina_y_Femenina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Segunda División Nacional Masculina y Femenina (page does not exist)">Segunda División Nacional Masculina y Femenina</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asociaci%C3%B3n_Deportiva_Eliocroca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asociación Deportiva Eliocroca (page does not exist)">Asociación Deportiva Eliocroca</a>, team that plays in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n_Nacional&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Segunda División Nacional (page does not exist)">Segunda División Nacional</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Volleyball</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asociaci%C3%B3n_Deportiva_Eliocroca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asociación Deportiva Eliocroca (page does not exist)">Asociación Deportiva Eliocroca</a>, team which plays in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liga_FEV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liga FEV (page does not exist)">Liga FEV</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Swimming</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Club_Nataci%C3%B3n_Lorca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Club Natación Lorca (page does not exist)">Club Natación Lorca</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_stadiums_and_venues">Sports stadiums and venues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sports stadiums and venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Francisco_Art%C3%A9s_Carrasco" title="Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco">Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Complejo_deportivo_Europa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Complejo deportivo Europa (page does not exist)">Complejo deportivo Europa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ciudad_deportiva_de_La_Torrecilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ciudad deportiva de La Torrecilla (page does not exist)">Ciudad deportiva de La Torrecilla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pabell%C3%B3n_municipal_de_San_Jos%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pabellón municipal de San José (page does not exist)">Pabellón municipal de San José</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pabell%C3%B3n_municipal_San_Antonio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pabellón municipal San Antonio (page does not exist)">Pabellón municipal San Antonio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pabell%C3%B3n_municipal_de_Almendricos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pabellón municipal de Almendricos (page does not exist)">Pabellón municipal de Almendricos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pabell%C3%B3n_municipal_de_Las_Alamedas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pabellón municipal de Las Alamedas (page does not exist)">Pabellón municipal de Las Alamedas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Arder%C3%ADus" title="Joaquín Arderíus">Joaquín Arderíus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Munuera" title="José Luis Munuera">José Luis Munuera</a> (1972–), comics artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Toledo" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan de Toledo">Juan de Toledo</a>, architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Zurano" title="Juan Zurano">Juan Zurano</a> (1948–), retired professional cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narciso_Yepes" title="Narciso Yepes">Narciso Yepes</a>, guitarist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Maroto" title="Rafael Maroto">Rafael Maroto</a>, (1783–1853) military general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramiro_de_Lorca" title="Ramiro de Lorca">Ramiro de Lorca</a> (1452–1502), condottiero</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorca,_Spain&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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