Neighbors Fifty visit this rich artistic whole
located in the medieval monastery of the same name
The Monastery of Santa Clara la Real is a monastic of the Order of Poor Clares which is located in the city of Murcia, has its origin in the fourteenth century, occupying what was the old Alcazar Follow Muslim built a century ago.
This historic building, one of the most important monuments of the capital of the Segura to have Arabian palace primitive remains (the most representative of Islamic art in our region), its walls also houses the Museum of Santa Clara, cultural facility , collecting interesting examples of both Moorish and sacred art mostly from the parent monastery, received on Thursday, May 2, the guided tour of nearly fifty Alguazas neighbors who enjoyed appreciating the most refined samples of Muslim architecture treasures and courtiers, luxury grave goods, coins, altars Renaissance and Baroque sculptures by famous sculptors like Francisco Salzillo and Roque Lopez.
In short, over an hour of free guided tour of these rooms museum alguaceños Las Claras could imbibe in this journey of one of the most sublime expressions of art of all time Murcia thanks to an initiative by the Department of scheduled Local Consistory Culture as part of the celebrations of World Book Day 2013 launched at the Villa.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas