A recent visit to the monastery of San Ginés de la Jara (Well of Cultural Interest in 1992) has confirmed the dire situation in which there is the monastic and exterior and interior damage that affects both the church, cloisters, towers , Capilla del Monte, as well as other buildings and the old orchard, as can be read in the declaration file BIC, "was kept in very good condition, currently being completely degraded, abandoned and no minimum conservation .
As stated by Salvador Martinez, social responsibility in the area <This is one of the greatest crimes against property have taken place in our region since the last quarter century, coinciding with the declaration of BIC (Well of Cultural Interest in the Monument category) by the then Ministry of Culture and Education of the Community of Murcia, in 1992.
And the responsibility lies with the City of Cartagena and the autonomous region have failed to ensure the protection of this monument as a legal obligation, while they are allowing the many tourists and students who decide to visit the monument (shown on all maps cultural tourism) have been in an embarrassing picture of what the Popular Party understood as "cultural heritage and artistic">
According to the Socialists, the state of abandonment in which traditionally has remained the monument led to an early penalty in 1994.
From that time the authorities concerned and responsible for its conservation (City of Cartagena and Ministry of Culture) have not taken a single step to prevent the continued degradation of monastic and have settled to pass the time without demanding respect their legal owners, today the commercial HANSA URBANA SL.
Given the seriousness of the situation, the Socialists have prepared a report delivered to the Ombudsman in the Murcia region in the coming days, aiming for an order requiring immediate action on this heritage of all Murcianos intended to safeguard compliance with Decree 24/1992 of 28 February (BORM No 93 of 22.4.1992), while monitor-order and automatically-opening of the corresponding report to the relevant administration to allow accountability Heritage for this crime and ensuring the survival of the artistic legacy that is recoverable.
Source: PSOE La Manga - Cartagena