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| In addition to the building and warehouses, the project includes different pieces of machinery and other elements of the time | The Governing Board has given its approval to the ratification of the municipal interest in the acquisition of the architectural complex of the Molino Armero, included in the Monteagudo and Cabezo de Torres Historical Site, in order to carry out consolidation, archaeological excavation and rehabilitation work with in order to recover this space for Murcians.This action is part of the intense work carried out in recent years by the City Council to identify, protect and value the historical heritage.The acquisition of this mill joins other projects for the rehabilitation and conservation of the Huerta heritage such as the Amor mill, the Batán mill, the Pólvora mill, the Torre Falcón house, the surroundings of the Rueda de la Ñora, irrigation channels.

and other hydraulic infrastructures.In this way, the City Council will invest 207,578 euros to acquire the building, with an area of ??468 square meters, and the warehouses, which occupy 1,415 square meters, since they constitute an important historical and industrial heritage that must be maintained in its entirety.In addition, different pieces will be recovered, such as five grinding stops, with their corresponding stones, hopper, dust covers and hydraulic machinery, two electric mills, a stone, and an electric motor.It also includes furniture, documents, product packaging, vintage photographs, machinery such as scales, invoices, typewriters, traveler's briefcase, sacks, laundry rooms, jars, press and other elements of the time, considered intangible ethnographic movable heritage.

associated with the production and packaging of paprika in the Huerta de Murcia.Located on Calle Mayor, number 26, in Cabezo de Torres, the old Armero mill, dating from the seventeenth century, was dedicated to the manufacture of paprika for centuries and ceased its activity about 20 years ago.

It is one of the last water mills that has been in operation and it used the channel of the Churra la Vieja canal to move its millstones.

The property stands out for being a singular element and one of the most characteristic hydraulic constructions of the Huerta de Murcia.In this way, the City Council recovers a space for Murcians at the same time that it highlights a typical space of La Huerta and the territorial and cultural essence of Murcia.It must be remembered that last July the landscape protection plan of the strategic project of 'Las Fortalezas del Rey Lobo' was approved, which establishes the conservation measures and use of the environment of the Historic Site of Cabezo de Torres and Monteagudo .In this way, work is being done on the protection, revitalization and enhancement of the more than 1.6 million square meters of the Cabezo de Torres and Monteagudo Historic Site.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia