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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.
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 once it is restored.
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.
The proposed new tower is a work team of architects formed by Cavas Francisco Martinez, Torre Pacheco, Murcia and architects, José Ramón López Muñoz and Jesús Avilés Ortín.
The material budget implementation for the achievement of this tower of 35.08 meters (31.43 feet above the ground and 3.65 meters in basement), is 1,056,434.26 euros.
Funding for the work is being practically of the parish, except for some initial amount planned start of works.
Most of the money collected is for the donations of the faithful.
The mayor of Torre Pacheco and the parish priest, Pedro Antonio Jiménez, visited the companies in the municipality requesting their cooperation to address this historic debt, and getting a positive response in most cases.
Furthermore, last December the City of Torre Pacheco signed a € 500,000 with the Diocese of Cartagena to complete this work.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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