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The Mayor has presented this visual ride that can be seen today in the city center, with the help of 17 renowned photographers.

The images reproduced in large vinyls are accompanied by quotes about the city from various authors.

From today you can walk around the city center and at the same time, perform a visual tour of the ancient and modern Murcia.

The Mayor, Miguel Angel House, with Councilwoman Ana Martínez Vidal, presented this municipal initiative, created with the title of "Murcia in time" and represents a further step in the beautification program of the city that is being out the Town Hall with the installation of images of urban landscapes and interiors of historic buildings of Murcia on numerous fronts, including in Tatters, Calderon de la Barca, Serrano Alcazar, Plaza de las Flores.

This is an initiative that the City Council "we contribute to the aesthetic improvement of our streets, making Murcia offers an image increasingly clean and neat, befitting a modern city, tourism and trade," said House.

Yesterday and today over 400 meters

The initiative runs from today to the perimeter of San Esteban, which displays 38 images emblematic spaces ancient Murcia compared with the current view through another 42 images, made by 17 renowned photographers.

The vinyls are filled with quotes about the city of Murcia authors, Spanish and foreign, selected by Manuel Fernández-Delgado, head of the Municipal Museums.

Project management has been borne by Joaquin Zamora.

The visual journey, which adds a linear length of 370 meters, covering the streets Jerome de Roda, San Antonio Portillo and Diaz Acisclus.

Between urban vinyl played on these places are so characteristic of Murcia Belluga Square, the Old Bridge, Dawn Alley, Tatters Street, the Plaza de Santo Domingo, the Verdolay, Paseo del Malecón or Camachos square, among other landmarks, which can be compared on a journey through time.

Older images with a size of 300 cm wide and 200 cm high, are for the most part out of public funds, especially the Municipal Archives, as well as private collections, and were made by French J.

Laurent, the Portuguese António Murcia Passport and Juan Lopez.

Besides the Municipal Archive, photographs of historic Murcia come from the General Archive of the CARM, Gaya Museum, collection Maria Manzanera, collection Clemente Muñoz, Angel Lopez collection, Golden Shield file, file Estrella de Levante, Salzillo Museum Archive and other collections individuals.

Tomás García Martínez has been responsible for the documentation work.

The authors of the images in the current Murcia are: Pablo Almansa, Saturnino Espin, Angel Fernandez Saura, David Frutos, Carlos Moises Garcia, Marcial Guillén, José Hernández Pina, Christelle Jaquemin, Juanchi Lopez, Maria Manzanera, Enrique Martinez Bueso, Juan de Megías Cross, Jose Luis Montero, Fructuoso Navarro, Javier Salinas, Salinas and Joaquin Zamora Paco.

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND SELECTED AREAS ARE:

Carlos Moises Garcia

Chapel of Light

Cathedral of Santa Maria

Museum Las Claras

José Hernández Pina

Plaza de Santa Isabel

Chinese Garden (formerly Ruiz Hidalgo Park)

Plaza de Santo Domingo

Angel Fernandez Saura

Monteagudo Castle and the Castillejo

Old Town Hall and Veronicas

John of the Cross Megías

Jeronimos Monastery

Square Belluga

City Hall Annex Building

Paco Salinas

St. Peter's Square

Plaza de la Cruz

Mary Manzanera

The Malecón

Alameda de Colón

Salzillo Museum

Christelle Jaquemin

Gran Vía Sculptor Salzillo

Old Bridge and Mills River

Plaza de las Flores

Pablo Almansa

Gateway Manterola

New or Iron Bridge

Old Bridge

Javier Salinas

Street Tatters

Ronda Norte

Juanchi Lopez

Old Bridge from the Cathedral

Paseo Alfonso X from Tatters

Enrique M.

Bueso

Liberty Avenue

Paseo Alfonso X from the Plaza Circular

Fructuoso Navarro

Garden of the bombs

Marcial Guillen

Verdolay and Santa Catalina

Vistabella Square

Viscount Arc (now St. Elizabeth)

Saturnino Espin

Romea Square

David Frutos

Auditorium and former FICA

Silverware Street

Jose Luis Montero

Input Espinardo

Sanctuary Fuensanta

Joaquin Zamora

The Glorieta

Plaza Circular

"Murcia in time" is sponsored by the Department of Urban and Infrastructure Quality, directed by Ana Martínez Vidal, and funded with the support of the English Court, Disfrimur, Electromur and Estrella de Levante.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia