The Local Government Board, which met this morning with an ordinary, chaired by the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, approved the proposal of the Town Planning, Environment and Heritage, Joaquin Segado, to address the deterioration of the monastery of San Ginés de Jara and undertake the restoration.
Based on this agreement, the City will require the developer Hansa Urbana SA so that within ten days of receipt, take the necessary measures to prevent degradation of the monument and carry out subsequent maintenance.
Also be given a period later than one month, to run the restoration project submitted and approved by the City as a result of urban development in this area.
If the company begins work within that period, the City shall act in office and conduct, and will then bill the company.
The monastery of Saint Ginés de la Jara was built by the Franciscan Order in the sixteenth century under the patronage of the Marquis of Velez.
From this period dates the main facade in which the shields are those referred Franciscans and Velez.
Except for the Renaissance facade of the convent the current configuration is due to a total reconstruction made in the seventeenth century.
His state of neglect and progressive degradation and the commitments made ​​by Hansa Urbana to restore and transfer it to the City as a result of urbanization of the Partial Plan San Gines de la Jara, commercially known as Novo Carthago, has led to the session to act in this way to avoid its complete disappearance.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena