Chiringuitos
Puerto de Mazarrón (Mazarrón)
Monuments
Barranco de Los Asensios (Águilas)
Ancient defensive fortress located in a place of difficult accessibility.
Monuments
Torre Pacheco
The first stone of this tower was set on October 7th, 2005, the day of Nuestra Señora del Rosario's festivity, after a mass in her honour. The Church Tower is one of the greatest symbols of identity of Torre Pacheco, also reflected in its emblem. According to the elders, it was like a lighthouse that stood upright in the middle of the Campo de Cartagena. On the 7th October 2010, after 38 years of silence, the bells were rung, and it was inaugurated on the January 6th, 2011. The new tower has a modern design, during the day the result is a simple but clear geometry, a prismatic and continuous volume in height, differing from the church with steep forms so that both volumes are highlighted. The material used in the first section is large blocks of stone from Cabezo Gordo, the second section is alabaster (the material in which the Virgin of El Pasico is embodied) and the upper part is transparent glass with a clock. From this place you can see the stained-glass window at the back of the church, which represents the Joyful Mysteries, birth and first stage of the life of Jesus. A lily appears at the top, reminiscent of "The Annunciation", a dove symbolising the Holy Spirit, and the star that guided the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem. Finally, there are some doves and some scrolls.
Monuments
Cartagena
The church was once part of the former Convent of San Joaquín, the home of the Barefoot Carmelite Order. The façade combines elements of classical and popular architecture, and the interior has a single nave with side chapels.
Monuments
Blanca
The Parish Church of San Juan Evangelista acquired its current appearance in the 18th century, modest and austere Baroque, far from the later eighteenth-century pomposity. It has a rectangular floor plan, with three naves covered with a vaulted ceiling in the central nave and a barrel vault with lunettes on the sides. The main chapel, also rectangular in plan, is covered with a simple barrel vault, decorated with fresco paintings by Muñoz Barberán inspired by the Apocalypse, the book of the titular of the temple. The supports are square pillars with attached pilasters that contribute to the cruciform appearance of its floors. The triumphal and transverse arches, all of them semi-circular, start from the pillars. Above the transept, there is a half-orange copula, on pendentives, with four óculos that provide natural light for the fresco paintings by Muñoz Barberán from 1968, referring to the Assumption of the Virgin. Two of the four pendentives also belong to the same artist, dedicated to the evangelists, accompanied by their respective symbols, whose work was cut short by the 1968 earthquake, when the artist, on his own initiative, decided not to continue, possibly for fear of a repetition of the earthquake and the risk involved in working permanently on scaffolding. The other two represent medallions, one with the cross of Santiago and the other with a chalice. On the outside, the building has an austere ashlar stone façade with few concessions to decoration. The access to the first section is formed by a semi-circular arch, the keystone of which is decorated with the cross of Santiago, the military order under whose rule the church was built. The second section rises from the plasterwork that acts as an entablature above which there is a quadrangular opening that is enclosed and flanked by decorative geometric motifs consisting of pyramids on prismatic floors, crowned by balls, very typical motifs from El Escorial of early 17th-century. The keystone of the lintel of the quadrangular opening, which is decorative on the outside while providing natural light for the choir, contains the ornamental motif of the keys of St. Peter. On top of this new dust cap, on which the aforementioned decorative elements are repeated, on both sides of a cross. To the right of the façade is the tower, with three sections and a pyramidal top in the form of a capital, where the aforementioned geometric ornamental motifs are repeated. Ángel Ríos Martínez Official Chronicler of Blanca
Monuments
Alhama de Murcia
The Iglesia de San Lázaro Obispo is located on the 14th century Christian, dedicated to Saint Lazarus, yet possibly built on the old mosque. The temple was extended in the 16th century under the patronage of the Marquis of los Velez. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century with Baroque architectural aesthetics, highlighting its facade-altarpiece made of ashlar, divided into a three part Baroque facade-altarpiece, made from an advanced Baroque alcove and two towers, one of the three parts has a bell tower and a clock, and the other two are unfinished. The inside consists of a single nave with a barrel vault, lunettes and a rocky decor. On the transept, a dome rises over the pendentives with paintings of the four Evangelists, made by Silvestre Martinez Teruel in the 18th century. Its neoclassical character is reflected in the Communion or Rosary chapel, the sacristy and the safe-keeping room of San Lázaro, works made during the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries, under the supervision of architect Lorenzo Alonso's.
Monuments
Cartagena
It was originally the church of the Convent of San Isidoro dela Order of Santo Domingo. After the confiscation of Mendizábal (1835) the convent disappeared, leaving only the church, which was sold to the Navy for military use, and that is why the image of its patron saint, the Virgen del Carmen, is located on its main altar. Inside, the chapel of the Marrajos, as the members of the oldest brotherhood of our Holy Week, that of Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, are popularly known, which is the jewel of the Baroque style in our city. The original chapel of the Brotherhood was erected in 1642 in what was then the church of the old Dominican convent of San Isidoro. In 1732 it was enlarged and provided with its current altarpiece. It is a square space covered with an airy dome profusely decorated with the emblems of the Passion. Baroque theatrical devices are used here to create the levitating effect of the dome and to make the gilded altarpiece shine by means of directed natural light. The altarpiece summarises the essential content of the Good Friday processions: in the large central exedra, the niches on either side of the altarpiece house the image of Our Father Jesus the Nazarene, a sculpture of great interest, the work of José Capuz, with niches for the rest of the images of the protagonists of the Calle de la Amargura. The narration of the Passion is completed in the upper part with the paintings that, among rock carvings, represent the Crucifixion, the Calvary and the Descent from the Cross.
Música
Águilas
CICLO DE JAZZ AMIGOS DE LA CULTURA 2026 Sábado 9 de mayo: DAYRAMIR GONZÁLEZ, en el Casino de Águilas, a las 20 horas. Precio entradas desde 12 € más gastos de gestión. Venta de entradas en www.notikumi.com. Información, incidencias y asistencia para compra de entradas para personas no digitales: 669.18.28.47
Música
Águilas
Sábado 20 de septiembre: CICLO DE ORQUESTAS JÓVENES DE ÁGUILAS. Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada. Director: Edmon Levon, a las 20 horas, en el Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Infanta Doña Elena. Venta de entradas en: www.bacantix.com, Casa de la Cultura, Museo Arqueológico y una hora antes en taquilla. Precio: 6 €. Abono para los cuatro conciertos, ya a la venta. Precio abono: 20 €. Sábado 14 de marzo 2026: ORQUESTA JOVEN CIUDAD DE MURCIA. Director Raúl López Sánchez. a las 20 horas, en el Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Infanta Doña Elena. Venta de entradas en: www.bacantix.com, Casa de la Cultura, Museo Arqueológico y una hora antes en taquilla. Precio: 6 €. Sábado 11 de abril de 2026: JOVE ORQUESTRA DE LA GENERLITAT VALENCIANA , JOGV. Directora: Isabel Rubio. 20:00 horas en el Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Infanta Doña Elena. Venta de entradas en: www.bacantix.com, Casa de la Cultura, Museo Arqueológico y una hora antes en taquilla. Precio: 6 €. Sábado 25 de abril de 2026 : JOVEN ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE TORREVIEJA , JOST Director: Adolfo Arronis , a las 20:00 horas, en el Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos Infanta Doña Elena. Venta de entradas en: www.bacantix.com, Casa de la Cultura, Museo Arqueológico y una hora antes en taquilla. Precio: 6 €.
Courses and workshops
Molina de Segura
La Concejalía de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura organiza la vigésima edición del Ciclo de Encuentros Literarios Escritores en su tinta 2026, que abarcará de febrero a abril. El ciclo ha sido presentado en rueda de prensa, hoy jueves, en el salón de actos Justina Jiménez Salcedo, en la Biblioteca Salvador García Aguilar, por la edil de Cultura, María Hernández, y la escritora y coordinadora del ciclo, Lola Gracia. La concejala de Cultura ha destacado que, “desde hace ya 20 años, este ciclo de encuentros con escritores y escritoras ha obtenido una entusiasta respuesta por parte del público, registrándose llenos en prácticamente todos los actos. El ciclo no solo ha contribuido a fomentar el hábito lector entre la población, sino que ha ayudado a convertir Molina de Segura en un referente cultural en materia literaria dentro del panorama regional e incluso nacional”. En las diecinueve ediciones anteriores del ciclo han participado algunos de los autores y autoras más destacados en nuestro idioma, desde aquellos considerados ya clásicos de la literatura española, como Ana María Matute, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Eduardo Mendoza, Almudena Grandes, Luis Landero o Enrique Vila-Matas, hasta superventas como Dolores Redondo, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Santiago Posteguillo o Defreds, tratando así de dar satisfacción a un amplio espectro de lectores. A ello se une el apartado de literatura juvenil, por el que a lo largo de los años han desfilado César Mallorquí, Jordi Sierra i Fabra, Elia Barceló o Juan Ramón Barat, entre otros muchos. En cada edición, la Concejalía de Cultura recaba previamente las sugerencias del profesorado de los IES de Molina de Segura, siendo su alumnado el que acude luego a esta cita. Los encuentros tendrán lugar en la emblemática Biblioteca Salvador García Aguilar. La escritora y comunicadora Lola Gracia será la encargada de presentar el plantel de este año, formado por David Uclés (26 de febrero), Marta Sanz (5 de marzo), Jorge Molist (25 de marzo), Vicente Garrido (22 de abril) y Rosa Huertas (24 de abril).
