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The Councilor for Pedanías y Barrios, Marco Antonio Fernández, and the Councilor for Sustainable Development and Huerta, Antonio Navarro, held a meeting this morning with the Deputy Director General of the Institute of Cultural Heritage, Javier Rivera, to follow up on the restoration project of the Monteagudo Castle.

Thus, the drafting of the restoration project of Monteagudo Castle will be completed according to forecasts next November, and actions worth more than one million euros are planned to guarantee the structural stability of its fortified enclosure.

Also during the meeting, both administrations have established a collaboration protocol through which the City Council will provide the central government with the floor for access to the Castle.

Another of the topics addressed is the realization of an agreement between the City Council and the Institute of Cultural Heritage, through which the State will authorize the intervention to rehabilitate the Christ of Monteagudo and facilitate laboratories for the analysis.

For this, some previous studies will be carried out in which the City Council will invest 15,000 euros.

'The strengths of the Wolf King'

The project 'The strengths of the Wolf King' will turn Murcia into a national reference of Medieval Spain as it is a historical, archaeological, environmental, educational and tourist project.

It is a unique environment, located in the heart of the Huerta de Murcia, which will become a large archaeological park in Monteagudo and Cabezo de Torres with a pioneering archaeological research center, with planting of various plant species to recover these monuments of the 12th century , creating a unique historical itinerary.

Thanks to this project, more than 150 archaeological sites will be recovered, in 4 monuments declared of Cultural Interest, such as Monteagudo Castle, Castillejo, Larache Castle and Cabezo de Torres Castle.

Declared of Cultural Interest with category of Historic Site, the environment of Monteagudo and Cabezo de Torres has been the place of settlement of numerous civilizations since prehistory.

It was one of the most influential sites in the entire Spanish east for centuries, the place of residence of Alfonso X the Wise and Ibn Mardanís, King Wolf.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia