The people of Torre-Pacheco will soon enjoy which was one of the greatest symbols of identity of our city: the tower of his church, that, which the older, was like a lighthouse that stood upright in the middle of the field Cartagena.
For this reason the council has signed an agreement with the Diocese of Cartagena to complete the construction project of the new bell tower, as the previous one was demolished in the 70's.
The agreement is an amount of 500,000 € and was signed by the Mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García Madrid, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes.
It is expected that the works are completed on 7 October, the day of the patron saint of Torre-Pacheco, the Virgen del Rosario and is tower is opened by the Bishop.
In 1971 the town of Torre Pacheco, after failing to by the Department of Fine Arts, the landmark artistic statement to his church for more than three centuries old, attended the demolition of the temple, by order of a Bishop argued that pastoral reasons.
Half the town was divided between those who agreed with the demolition and no.
Subsequently raised the Church today but the draft was not included the construction of a new tower.
In 2002 the Diocese of Cartagena, through Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Torre-Pacheco decided to hold a competition for selection by a jury of a study to define the new tower of the parish church next the site of the Church today, to mark the fourth centenary of the parish.
This contest was designed to provide the principal town of the tower that the town historically identified with the passage of time and human intervention rather unfortunate disappeared unreasonably cityscape.
The new tower will feature an innovative design.
By day, the result is a simple but emphatic geometry, a prism, continuous high, differing from the Church, with steep and decreasing forms, in order that both volumes are highlighted.
The material will be large blocks of stone Cabezo Gordo, alabaster (material in which the Virgin is made PASIC) in the top and clear glass on top, where you will see the old machinery of a clock.
At night, the tower will look like a halo of light begins to manifest inner significantly with the first cuts of alabaster and as this loss will increase its luminosity thickness up to the total transparency of the glass, running vertically to blur in the sky .
The physical implementation of the tower in the plaza will be used to create a glass floor where you exhibit all the pieces of the old conservative values of missing church, recently restored by the City for the exhibition "The legacy of Dean."
The original bells in the tower will be relocated once restored.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco