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The regional government declared as a Cultural Santa Isabel la Torre (02/10/2015)

The Tower of Santa Isabel or watchtower of La Cumbre in Puerto de Mazarrón and Cultural Interest.

This was determined this week approving the regional executive at the request of the Ministry of Culture and Spokesman modifying the statement with monument category.

This new BIC is located on a high promontory that today dominates the aerial view of the town of Puerto de Mazarrón.

XVI century and was built at the behest of King Baltasar, Genoese linked to freight traffic in the port and in the salt.

Its original function was to monitor the salt mines of Mazarrón.

Both the mayor of Mazarrón, Alicia Jimenez, as the Councillor for Culture and Heritage, Pedro Martinez, claim that this statement "is very good news for the town because it adds value and preserves a place collecting a part of history local ".

BIC recognition as, say both, "enriches the cultural offer of the municipality thus increasing the attraction for visitors with the consequent benefit it has for the economic activity of the area."

As reported by the regional government spokesman and Minister of Culture, Noelia Arroyo, "the protective environment of this BIC is justified by the need to preserve the existing assets in this area, given the importance and cultural value of the assets that comprise it, and its definition is justified by its visual form and the environment. "

Thus, the defined delimitation responds to the conservation of current visual perspective of the sector where the tower is located.

This decision has favorable reports from the University of Murcia and Real Academy Alfonso X the Wise.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón

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