• •TOURIST GUIDE IN THE TOURIST GUIDE IN THE REGION OF MURCIA REGION OF MURCIA

BY: IKRAM HEJJAJBY: IKRAM HEJJAJ

Social Sciences´ work:Social Sciences´ work:

Murcia is a Spanish city, capital of Murcia is a Spanish city, capital of the municipality and the province the municipality and the province of the same name and of the of the same name and of the autonomous community of Murcia. autonomous community of Murcia. It is the center of the natural It is the center of the natural region of the Huerta de Murcia region of the Huerta de Murcia and its metropolitan area. It is and its metropolitan area. It is located in the southeast of the located in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula on the River Iberian Peninsula on the River Segura. With 442,203 inhabitants Segura. With 442,203 inhabitants (INE 2011) Murcia occupies the (INE 2011) Murcia occupies the 7th place in the list of 7th place in the list of municipalities in Spain by municipalities in Spain by population.population.

Murcia:Murcia:

INDEX

-Prehistory.

-Stone Age.

-Metal Ages.

-Romanization.

-Islam.

-Visigoths and Byzantines.

-The Muslims and Murcia Christian.

-Murcia at the times of the Catholic Kings.

-Murcia in the sixteenth century.

PREHISTORPREHISTORY:Y:

Prehistory:Prehistory:•Prehistory is the period before the beginning of history, ranging from the appearance of human beings until the invention of writing. Prehistory is divided into three stages: Palaeolithic, Neolithic and the Metal Ages.

•Preserving important prehistoric sites, as the oldest human remains of the peninsula in the Sima de las Palomas, the presence of Culture Argar in Cabezo Gordo (Torre Pacheco), The Crows (Cieza), The Incarnation (Caravaca) and Coimbra Barranco Ancho (Jumilla).

The Stone age.The Stone age.There are some deposits of Fragmento del colchón vegetal fosilizado in midle of the STONE AGE STONE AGE in some places in MURCIAMURCIA ↓

The stone age: The stone age: Is the period roughly between 2,500,000 and 3,000 years. C., The Stone Age is divided into: Paleolithic or Old Age, or Mesolithic and Neolithic Ages or New Age.

-The Mesolithic: -The Mesolithic: Is the period of prehistory that extends approximately 10,000 years and 5,000 BC.

Metal ages:Metal ages:••The Metal The Metal

Ages: Ages: Is the period of Prehistory from about the fourth and first millennium BC in Spain. The Metal Age is divided into three stages: Copper Age (third millennium BC) Bronze Age

(II millennium BC) and Iron Age (first millennium BC).

Dolmen de Soto in some places of Murcia:↓

ROMANIZATION

ROMANIZATION:ROMANIZATION:

-In Roman Empire, Cartagena -In Roman Empire, Cartagena was one of the most important was one of the most important cities.cities.

-The Roman Murcia began with the conquest by Scipio, of Carthago Nova in 209 BC.

-The Romanization of the current Murcia was a process that began after the Second Punic War.

Romanic baths: in Romanic baths: in Alhama:↓Alhama:↓

Deposits :Deposits :the mining town of Agudo (Cartagena), the mining areas of Coto Fortuna (Mazarron) or The Blessed (Cartagena).

They are a perfect example of conservation of archaeological remains built in different times in the same environment.

MORE DEPOSITS:MORE DEPOSITS:

Fortuna firstly was a municipality in which there was a spring of thermal waters that gave life to one of the finest resorts in Spain. Its springs were known and used since ancient times.Romanic Baths in : Fortuna→

ISLAM:

ISLAMISLAM*In 1243, the emir of the Taifa of Murcia (Hud Ibn al-Dawla) signed the capitulation of Alcaraz with Fernando III, accepting a protectorate of the kingdoms of Castile and Leon. Thus Murcia earned a strong alliance to repel the Aragonese (James I) and Granada (Ibn al-Ahmar).

* Lorca Castle, seat of the Spanish mount, was besieging during the Mudejar revolution.

*However, several nucleus of the former Taifa don’t accepted the treaty, such as Orihuela (which complied shortly after), Mula, Cartagena and Lorca.

* The bathrooms were used again with the arrival of the Arabs.

XVI CENTURY IN MURCIA:XVI CENTURY IN MURCIA:-Renaissance:

In the sixteenth century, the city of Murcia was the most

populous kingdom with about ten thousand inhabitants, followed

by Lorca.

-Modern Ages:

The weakness of the monarchy, at the end of the Middle Ages,

affected to the region with multiple incidents and factions facing

the various noble families and urban patriarchy.

estatua:

← ←En CartagenaEn Cartagena..

XVI CENTURY IN MURCIA:XVI CENTURY IN MURCIA:

»Early sixteenth century: population growth and Murcia experienced an expansion of silk.

»The sixteenth century dawns with a large population and economic growth, which in the Huerta de Murcia will be driven by the development of silk. From the late fifteenth century the garden had been populated by mulberry trees.

Molinillo harinero de Molinillo harinero de Teodoro o cebollo: Teodoro o cebollo: ↓↓

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