Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Murcia, Spain

The church of San Juan Bautista de Murcia is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of the city, specifically in the neighborhood of San Juan to which it gives its name. The current building, built between 1750 and 1777, is a transition between the typical Murcian Baroque and the first neoclassical elements that were developed in Murcia. Inside, a rich heritage of altarpieces and sculptures stands out.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Murcia) (ES)

The Church of Santa Eulalia in the city of Murcia is a parish church in the old town of the aforementioned capital. Although of medieval origin, the current building was built in the second half of the eighteenth century, being one of the last examples of the baroque-rococo style in the city.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa Eulalia (Murcia) (ES)

The Museum of Fine Arts of Murcia (MUBAM) is a museum institution in the city of Murcia, whose origin dates back to 1864, when the Provincial Museum was created by the Provincial Commission of Monuments. In 1953 the archaeology section was transferred to the current Archaeological Museum of Murcia, giving rise to the Museum of Fine Arts that exists today, as the pictorial and sculptural collections remain in this institution.

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The convent church of La Merced is a religious temple in the city of Murcia belonging to the old convent of the Order of La Merced, built on the current site in the sixteenth century, although the building we see today was built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The church is currently run by the Franciscans and the old convent is occupied by the Faculty of Law of the University of Murcia, of the so-called Campus de La Merced.

Wikipedia: Iglesia conventual de La Merced (Murcia) (ES)

The Church of San Lorenzo de Murcia is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of the city. The current building, built between 1788 and 1810, is one of the main works of neoclassicism in the city of Murcia and throughout the Iberian southeast. The work of the famous architect Ventura Rodríguez, it is located on Alejandro Seiquer Street.

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The Real Casino de Murcia, commonly known as Casino de Murcia, is one of the most emblematic buildings in the city of the same name, capital of the Region of Murcia (Spain). It is located in the center of it, on Trapería Street, not far from the cathedral. The building, whose construction began in 1853, is a mixture of different artistic currents that coexisted in the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century in Spain and was declared a national historic-artistic monument in 1983, so it is currently considered an Asset of Cultural Interest, with the category of "monument".

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The Almodóvar Palace is a historic building of the old town of the city of Murcia, built in the seventeenth century between Trapería Street and the Plaza de Santo Domingo. It was the headquarters of the civil government of the province of Murcia until 1950.

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The Church of Santo Domingo and the adjoining Chapel of the Rosary are the buildings that remain of an old monastic complex of the Dominican Order located in the city of Murcia, specifically in the central square of Santo Domingo that presides over and to which it gives its name.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santo Domingo y Capilla del Rosario (ES)

The Monastery of Santa Clara la Real is a monastic complex of the Order of the Poor Clares located in the city of Murcia. It has its origin in the fourteenth century, occupying what was the old Muslim Al-Qasr al-Sagir of the thirteenth century. It is one of the most important historical buildings in the city as it has remains of the Arab palace. The monastery also has a Gothic cloister and choir, and a Baroque church.

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The Romea de Murcia Theatre is located in the Plaza de Julián Romea in the historic centre of the city of Murcia. It is the main theatre in the town and one of the most important in the country.

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The Vinader Palace is an old building in the city of Murcia, built in the second half of the eighteenth century in the Plaza de Julián Romea in the historic center of the Murcian capital.

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The church of San Bartolomé-Santa María is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of Murcia whose origins date back to the Christian conquest, although the current building is a mix between the primitive factory of the late eighteenth century and the central nave with the main façade whose works took place in the nineteenth century. It has an important sculptural heritage inside.

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The Murcia Cathedral museum is a museum that is part of the cathedral building. It was created at the request of Bishop Miguel de los Santos and inaugurated in 1956. It has the Commitment to Tourism Quality.

Wikipedia: Museo de la Catedral de Murcia (ES)

The museum of the church of San Juan de Dios in Murcia is one of the headquarters of the Museum of Fine Arts of Murcia (MUBAM) that houses an important collection of religious imagery from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The old church, dating from the eighteenth century, is located near the Cathedral, in a traditional square in the old part of the city. The church was part of the hospital complex of San Juan de Dios, which was previously a Templar hospital, and originally the Alcázar Mayor of the city, of which valuable remains are exhibited in the subsoil.

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The Floridablanca Garden is a public garden in the city of Murcia, created in the mid-nineteenth century, thus being the oldest in the city. It is located in the traditional neighbourhood of El Carmen, on the right bank of the Segura River. It is dedicated to the illustrious Murcian Don José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca, minister of Charles III and Charles IV and president of the Supreme Junta of Murcia and shortly before his death, of the Supreme Central Junta.

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The Puente de los Peligros or also known as the Puente Viejo is an arched stone bridge, completed in 1742, that spans the River Segura in the city of Murcia.

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The church of San Pedro is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of Murcia, located between the square of the same name and the Plaza de las Flores.

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The church of San Nicolás de Bari is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of Murcia, whose origins date back to the Christian conquest, although the current building dates from the first half of the eighteenth century, being one of the best exponents of Murcian baroque.

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The Díaz Cassou house in Murcia is one of the most representative buildings of modernist architecture in the aforementioned city. It is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest

Wikipedia: Casa Díaz-Cassou (ES)

The Salzillo Museum is a museum space located in the city of Murcia, and is dedicated monographically to the works made by the Murcian baroque sculptor Francisco Salzillo.

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The church of San Andrés is one of the traditional parishes of the historic center of Murcia, located in the Murcian neighborhood of the same name, in the Plaza de San Agustín.

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