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| The Community reaches an agreement to acquire the convent, an Asset of Cultural Interest and whose construction was promoted by Santa Teresa in the 16th century, with the aim of "turning it into everyone's heritage" | President López Miras highlights the cultural and tourist potential of the property during a visit to the town and points out that its acquisition "would also guarantee the full preservation of a unique building" The president of the Community, Fernando L pez Miras, announced today that the regional government will convert the convent of San José de las Madres Carmelitas Descalzas de Caravaca de la Cruz, founded by order of Santa Teresa de Jes sa at the end of 16th century, "at the epicenter of the celebrations of the next Jubilee Year that is celebrated in 2024." During a visit to Caravaca, he explained that the Community has reached an agreement to acquire the convent that "represents the footprint of Santa Teresa de Jes s in the Region of Murcia, and its purchase by the Autonomous Community Not only will it guarantee its full conservation, but it will also enhance its great cultural and tourist attraction all year round, but in a special way, facing the next Jubilee Year ", and added that "Once the operation is formalized, the convent of the Discalced Carmelites will become the patrimony of all and we will be able to give back to the caravaqueños what is theirs." "This is a very important step in our policy of defense and recovery of heritage because it is a property whose interest and potential goes beyond the local and regional spheres, both culturally , as in the religious and the tourist, "said López Miras, who emphasized that" Caravaca de la Cruz is the capital of religious tourism in the Region of Murcia, a tourist bet that we have been empowering and for which, without a doubt, this convent church of San José will be a real revulsion ".
In this sense, he remarked that "Caravaca de la Cruz is a place of pilgrimage, a meeting point and a reference point for the identity of a culture of which we are proud", and recalled that this city is "one of the two The only places in Spain that have both a Teresian foundation and a Sanjuanista foundation ".
Thus, he announced some of the projects planned for the property, such as the location of a Museum of Mysticism, "to concentrate in the same place the rich legacy of Santa Teresa de la Cruz and San Juan de la Cruz", as well As the creation of a "cultural space of international reference in which conferences, international congresses, exhibitions and different events on these two figures will be held." He also pointed to the start-up of a hostel for pilgrims who arrive in Caravaca after completing the Camino de la Vera Cruz.
Declared BIC in 2003 This baroque-style property was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2003, and after the march of the nuns in 2004, it is unoccupied.
It is located on Calle Mayor de Caravaca de la Cruz and has a constructed area of ??5,469 square meters.
This convent was the first establishment of the Discalced Carmelites in the old Kingdom of Murcia, and was directly promoted by Santa Teresa de Jes s in 1576.
In addition, it was a prominent part of the project 'Huellas de Teresa', which commemorated in 2015 the fifth centenary of the birth of Santa Teresa de Jes s, and in which the 17 towns where the mystic left its 'mark' in the form of foundations participated.
The Municipal Historical Archive of Caravaca de la Cruz preserves the original letter in which Santa Teresa, from Seville and dated November 24, 1575, indicated to the Prioress Ana de San Alberto what steps she should follow to carry out the foundation.
The convent preserves rooms of high historical and cultural interest, such as the main sacristy, the high parlor, the typical cell of a nun, the chapel for the professed, the novitiate office room, the kitchen and the refectory, among other dependencies.
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