The city if Murcia, in the Costa Blanca, according to the 19th century writer Augustus Hare, would “from the stagnation of its long existence, be the only place Adam would recognize if he returned to Earth”.
Things have certainly changed-today the city of 350.000 boasts a modern, spruced-up center and a healthy cultural life. Founded in the ninth century on the banks of the Rio Segura by the Moors, the city located in la Costa Blanca, soon became an important trading center and, four centuries later, the regional capital. It was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and the buildings in the old quarter are still mostly of this area. Today it’s commercial center of the region and most of the industry is connected with the surrounding agriculture. Though they are very few tourists, a substantial student population ensures that there’s a lively bar and club scene. Murcia in the Costa Blanca is known as la huerta de Europa and although this might be a slight exageration, you’ll find local produce on most restaurant menus: vegetable soups, grills and paellas are the main specialties. It’s also an important rice-growing region and the local variety, Calasparra, which ripens very slowly, is the variety used to make paella.
Concerning the sightseeing in this region of La Costa Blanca: the cathedral, which towers over the mansions and plazas of the center. Begun in the fourteenth century and finally completed in the eighteenth, it’s a strange mix of styles, dubbed “Mediterranean Gothic”. The museum of the cathedral has some fine primitive sculptures and, above, all a giant processional monstrance. The museo salzillo has an extraordinary collection of the figures carried in Murcia’s renowded Holy week procession. Other museums include Museo de Bellas Artes, Museo Arquologico, the Casino is a quirky delight and well worth a visit.
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