The documents, with a chronology spanning from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century, were apprehended in Bullas within the framework of the operation 'LIGNUM'
Exemplary a document of Pope Clement XIII belonging to the Royal and Illustrious Brotherhood of Vera Cruz de Caravaca is
In one of these documents the designation of September 14 as date for the annual celebration of the Feast of the Cross appears
The head of the Civil Guard in Murcia, Jesus Arribas, Colonel delivered to the City of Caravaca de Cruz, and on behalf of the mayor, Jose Moreno, ten volumes of historical documentation with a chronology ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century , intervened in the municipality of Bullas last March in the framework of the operation 'LIGNUM', the result of which numerous documents and objects recovered Spanish Historical Heritage.
In the event, held at the Plenary Hall of the Consistory also attended by the Minister of Culture and the regional government spokesman, Noelia Arroyo;
Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, and sister of the Brotherhood of Vera Cruz, Elisa Giménez-Giron, who received from the hands of Colonel Chief, various documents pertaining to that religious institution.
The local mayor, Jose Moreno, thanked "the commendable work of the Civil Guard, which has recovered part of our history, in the form of valuable historical writings, which from now will be part of the documentary heritage that and retains custody in the Municipal Archives of the City. "
This delivery has occurred after the Civil Guard solicitase the General Archive of the Region of Murcia, under the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Spokesman of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, prior judicial authorization, the preparation of an expert report on some of the documents seized in the context of the operation LIGNUM '.
The result of the report has enabled determine the volumes that have been delivered today contain various documents municipal source of economic, budgetary and municipal agreements, among others, with a chronology spanning from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century theme.
Similarly, in the volumes there are private documents, as well as religious associations, such as the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Conception and the Royal and Illustrious Brotherhood of the Holy and Vera Cruz de Caravaca, among which a brief of Pope Clement XIII, dated April 30, 1768 in Rome, by which is designated on 14 September each year for the celebration of the Feast of the Cross, and various indulgences.
Volumes delivered on deposit are as follows:
Tomo Caravaca 1869-1887
Tomo Cehegín 1888-1986
Tomo Hellín 1884-1891
Tomo Caravaca 1767-1875
Tomo Caravaca (no dates)
Tomo Caravaca 1867-1867
Tomo Calasparra 1876-1894
Tomo Caravaca 1880-1883
Tomo Caravaca 1555-1775
Tomo Caravaca 1797
This documentation is part of the Documentary Heritage of the Region of Murcia, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Law 6/1990, of April 11, Archives and Documentary Heritage of the Region of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz