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MC Cartagena will request, during the next Plenary, the support of the municipal groups of the Corporation to urge the local government to propose the owner of the Monastery of San Ginés de la Jara, and the higher authorities linked to education and heritage , that the use of this BIC is intended for the Interpretation Center for the History, Heritage and Nature of the Mar Menor and the Sierra de Cartagena.

Thanks to the definition of this use, MC proposal, we will advance in the value enhancement of the Monastery, thus being able to project the required equipacional needs, as well as finalize the restoration and putting into use of this BIC as a reference of the Comarca del Campo de Cartagena

The spokesman of the municipal MC Group, José López, has shown that "in recent times, everyone who loves the cultural, archaeological and natural heritage of the Campo de Cartagena region, we have been alarmed by the break they are suffering the restoration works of the Monastery, really convent, of San Ginés de la Jara. "

MC, under the mayor's office of José López, made it possible with his action in the Government that the company that owns the Monastery began its restoration, avoiding the deterioration of the BIC.

The works progressed until January of this year according to the project approved by the Directorate General of Cultural Assets of the CARM, with constant monitoring of the municipal coordination of Historical and Archaeological Heritage.

López has acknowledged that "these advances are the result of independent work developed over the years by María Dolores Ruiz, a real scourge of the plunderers of our heritage, and ultimately responsible for the City Council demanding the restoration and protection of this BIC, abandoned his fate for irresponsible administrations for decades. "

The Cartagena spokesman has reported that "in the last visit we made to the property, we were asked, by the company that owns the BIC, a use proposal to ensure municipal ownership and public use."

Faced with this, as he added, "in MC we do not abandon our responsibilities and we consider that the use of this BIC should be that of the Interpretation Center of History, Heritage and Nature of the Mar Menor and the Sierra de Cartagena, attending to the multiple factors that make up the archaeological site and its environment. "

Interpretation Center

Among these elements, detailed José López, are "the Mar Menor and the Natural Park of Calblanque, the important vertebrate site of Pliocene / Spanish Pleistocene Cave Victoria, the Mine of Las Matildes and Mina Blanca, with its rich industrial heritage The Vicenta and Pablo and Virginia Agrupa mines, with their interpretation centers and their Mining Museum of the sister municipality of La Unión, and the archaeological sites scattered around Cabo de Palos and the municipalities of the Mar Menor.

To all this is added, "the attractions of climatology and beach, which would make this Interpretation Center a preferred destination for students from all CARM and the rest of Spain, for which it would be necessary to provide all the necessary facilities and services for the realization of these activities, as accommodation for visitors both within the Monastery and in adjoining buildings, and a camping space in its vicinity, so that the Scout and similar groups can enjoy the combination of recreational and sports activities with educational and expositions ".

Thanks to this initiative, "the Monastery of San Ginés de la Jara, a historical reference of the Campo de Cartagena region, an enclave with 20 centuries, will become a source of knowledge, cohesion and enjoyment so that the natural values ​​are divulged and historical that unite us and that is worth knowing ", concluded José López.

Source: Grupo municipal MC Cartagena