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The Mayor and the President of the Autonomous Region this morning presided over the ceremony of laying the first stone.

The project, which will invest 1 million euros, combines the rehabilitation of the original building with new building extension and refurbishment of the courtyard

Recovering the architectural and historical heritage and at the same time, promoting artisan roots have always been hallmarks of Bacons Bridge are the two main objectives pursued by the rehabilitation of the Clock Tower, that after the intervention will become the House of Bethlehem.

The President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, and the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, attended today the start of the works represented in the act of laying the first stone.

In the same have also quoted the president of the Municipal Board of Bacons Bridge, Enrique Cano, the Minister of Universities, Business and Research, Salvador Marin, Councillor for Culture, Fátima Barnuevo, and Roque Ortiz, Urbamusa manager, company responsible for drafting and implementing the project.

The performance is the result of a collaboration agreement between the Regional and Local Government and has a budget of 1 million euros, provided by the Ministry and the Energy Management Agency of the Region of Murcia.

The implementation deadline is 13 months.

The oldest building

Clock Tower or Tower Ayllón, located in Tower Lane, is the oldest building Bacons Bridge.

Popular Baroque style, was built in the mid-eighteenth century as a family home of a noble family and is currently municipal property.

In addition to recovering the architectural heritage, the agreement between the city of Murcia and the Ministry of Universities, Research Enterprise and crafts will also boost socio-cultural component of the Nativity as Bacons Bridge and maintenance of the identity of the hamlet, whose first artisan, Antonio Galán Rex, was installed in the workshop of "Uncle Italiano" in 1930.

Since then, the tradition has been strengthened so that today Bacons Bridge is known as the "cradle of Bethlehem."

The Clock Tower has an area of some 635 square meters, on a plot of 1,175 square meters.

Hailed by the General Plan with protection level 2, the rehabilitation will respect your space configuration and basic structures and the most important decorative elements of the facades: the heraldic shield carved in stone with the arms of the Ayllón and crowned by the cross Calatrava, and the sundial.

Also conditioned the rear garden.

The intervention starts now provides for the rehabilitation of 445 square meters and the extension of the original building and actions in the backyard in another 243 square meters.

Under the bill, designed by architect Guillermo Jiménez Barn, the main access will give way to a double height lobby, where you start your tour of the exhibition halls located in swaths of floor-standing sample-and higher - where temporary exhibitions are organized.

Then, the projection room offers a documentary about the craft and tradition of the crib.

The tour will continue the expansion area of the building that will house an exhibition hall airy, visually open the back garden through a large window.

In the courtyard where they relocated or replanted all originally-existing palms will create an exhibition area outside, with a colonnaded area where you will install a drop-down cubicles where each craftsman will set up a workshop and show how they work, or where you can take practical classes to schools and other groups about the craft activity.

Its range would enable a monumental nativity scene or make the traditional Christmas assembly, even under a tent.

Furthermore, the placement of a canvas awning sliding ensure the use of the garden in rain or strong sun.

This is a solar awning, fitted with a card installed photovoltaic power generation could be used to supply the museum or at least its facade.

Is a prototype that will work to ensure their profitability and efficiency.

On the other hand on the first floor of the old building will be located, in addition to the temporary exhibition area, auditorium or conference room and reserve a space for cultural association Friends of Bethlehem.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia