Portal de Alhama de Murcia
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| It can be visited from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00 from Tuesday to Sunday | From June 10 to September 20 the Los Baños archaeological museum hosts the exhibition 'Prints of the history of Alhama.
The role of our history '.
A contribution, through documents preserved in the municipal archive, to the dissemination of some of the most important chapters that occurred in the municipality:In the middle of the 13th century, the population of Hisn al-Hamma (Castillo del Baño, now Alhama) became part of the crown of Castile in the form of a protectorate, peacefully opening its doors through the well-known capitulations of Alcaraz in May 1243 From those years, the town of Alhama will constitute a council that directly depended on the Castilian king, although with different warlike episodes throughout the 13th to 15th centuries.
Thus in this thirteenth century it belonged to the kingdom of Castile; it would pass to Aragon at the end of the mentioned century depending on the church of Cartagena from 1311 to 1326; of the lordship of D.
Juan Manuel during the years 1336 and 1337, to finally, on July 9, 1387, become part of the possessions of the Fajardo family through the concession in lordship of King Juan I to D.Alfonso Yáñez Fajardo and his future descendants of the Marquis de los Vélez, a mercy that this document reflects.The Catholic Monarchs pass through Alhama in June 1488The visit of the Catholic Monarchs to Murcia in the year 1488, provides us with valuable information on the presence of the Kings Isabel and Fernando and the entire Court in Murcia, for just over three months.
At that time they prepared the Granada Campaign and passed through Alhama on the way to Lorca.Undoubtedly, it must have been a special event for the populations of the Valley, to contemplate the passage of the Catholic king and a part of the army of knights and peons with their weaponry of crossbows and spears; the scene that the chronicler does not tell us, but that he must have witnessed with certainty on the royal road, would be the reception to the King's entourage, at the height of the town of Alhama.
The castle warden accompanied by knights and hidalgos, many of them from the Fajardo family, lord of Alhama, and many others from his neighbors, would offer the King the fidelity and hospitality of the town, which had almost always belonged to the Crown of Castile, from the Pact of Alcaraz of the year 1243.In these years the town of Alhama seems to have a scant population that lives under the protection of its castle, decimated by epidemics and its border situation.
In 1494, the German traveler Jerónimo Münzer quotes her as a “villager of some thirty houses, which has a castle on top of a hill; clear water baths and a good glass factory… ”. For the town of Alhama, the conquest of Granada marked the beginning of a new era of peace on the border and of economic and demographic growth under the Lordship of the Fajardo family, which would lead it to have 96 residents in 1530, some 384 inhabitants.The church of San Lázaro, patron saint of the town since the Middle Ages, was an important pilgrimage center for the kingdom of Murcia, along with San Ginés de la Jara and the Vera Cruz de Caravaca.The first news of the celebration of festivals in Alhama de Murcia, date back to the year 1558, when in the open council, the residents of the Villa voted and promised to celebrate the festivities "of the Virgin of Hope, Our Lady, who by name entitled O and Peace, the feast of Saint Anne, mother of our Lady, and the feast of Saint Roque, confessor and advocate of the pestilence and feast of Saint Lazarus, bishop and confessor, patron and lawyer of this town "The Ordinances were constituted by a series of council agreements that regulated, fundamentally, the economic activities of the towns: the conservation and care of the orchard, field, crops, irrigation and water, of the town of Alhama, under penalty of fines.
corresponding.The oldest ordinances that are preserved in the Municipal Archive correspond to 1699.
Subsequently, those of 1705 were carried out, D.
Salvador Segura Teruel being the mayor to regulate agricultural and livestock activities, the operation and supply of public butchery and other aspects of the daily life.The Calf Book is a collection of documents divided into three parts, dedicated to the rights, the hacienda and the administration of the towns that formed the Marquesado de los Vélez, among which was the Lordship of Alhama.'La Pepa'.
The Spanish Constitution of 1812The historical context of the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz of 1812 must be placed in an environment of social unrest in all sectors of the population: nobility, clergy, enlightened class, church and people, product of the economic crisis of the Kingdom that led to the Aranjuez riot that ended with the abdication of Carlos IV in his son Fernando VII on March 19, 1808.King Ferdinand VII left for Bayonne in April 1808 and at the same time a slow but inexorable occupation of Spain was taking place by the Napoleonic troops who, if at first they considered themselves allies, soon raised voices of alert that became more acute with the events of the May 2 in Madrid and caused the uprising of the Spanish people beginning the War of Independence.Before the French invasion, the movement of proclamation of provincial boards and the Central Board that assumes the sovereignty of the King is triggered.
The advance of the troops arrives at the end of January 1810 to the kingdom of Granada that falls into the hands of General Horacio Sebastiani, continuing its advance towards the kingdom of Murcia, entering Lorca on April 22.
A second army corps would loot the city of Murcia for two days.
In these attacks through the Guadalentín valley, the passage and looting of the town of Alhama must be located in April and August 1810, setting fire to the Little Poster and misleading public documents, as reflected in the documents of the Municipal Archive.In this framework of war against the French, the promulgation of the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz was carried out on March 19, 1812, known as 'La Pepa', as it was the day of San José.
In the following months, the oaths of the new constitutional mayors were carried out in each municipality.
In Alhama de Murcia, the oath of the first constitutional mayor, Francisco Ramón Vidal Abarca, would take place on January 1, 1813, whose delay was due to the yellow fever epidemic that affected the population in late 1811 and 1812.Sierra Espuña and reforestation“The Sierra [of Espuña] had been deprived of the green cloak that previously covered it, and only some pine patches were saved as if by a miracle.
Then the rainwater rushed down the slopes, deeply ripping the terrain and causing rapid and devastating avenues.
" Ricardo Codorníu, April 1914.
Excerpt from the dedication written to Baldomero Guillén, Senior Warden of Sierra Espuña, after his death.This is how Ricardo Codorníu described the state in which Sierra Espuña was when the Repopulation Commission of the Segura Basin made its first visits to plan the recovery of the lost forest.
It was 1889 when that stamp devastated Sierra Espuña.
It was not until 1891 when the first forest-hydrological restoration work began.In this exhibition, 129 years later, an explanatory tour of the main actions carried out until we get to the forest that we enjoy today in the Sierra Espuña Regional Park is offered. New urban landmarks in Alhama de MurciaThe image of a municipality is the image of its public spaces: streets, squares, gardens and buildings are the spaces where citizens can express themselves and develop their life in relation to others. Betting on improving the quality and aesthetics of Alhama's buildings and public spaces is a goal of the Alhama de Murcia City Council.Durante los últimos treinta años, la seña de identidad del Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia ha sido creer con determinación y firmeza en un desarrollo urbanístico sostenible, en la protección de los espacios naturales, en la defensa de su patrimonio histórico y en la arquitectura en general.Se muestran algunos edificios y espacios recientemente construidos que denotan una decidida apuesta por la calidad de la arquitectura como impulso para el desarrollo de nuestra pueblo, como el Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial en el Polígono Industrial, el Centro de Atención a la Infancia, la Ampliación y Reforma del Tanatorio Municipal, el Edificio para el Cuartel de la Policía Local y Protección Civil, la Pavimentación y Peatonalización de la calle de la Feria y Atrio de la Iglesia de San Lázaro.Una arquitectura de calidad es un instrumento muy eficaz y eficiente para la mejora de la ciudad, y es capaz de crear hitos urbanos que la identifiquen.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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