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Lorca, Spain. Lorca (Spanish: [ˈloɾka] ⓘ) is a municipality and city in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia in south-eastern Spain, 58 kilometres (36 mi) southwest of the city of Murcia. The municipality had a population of 95,515 in 2020, up from the 2001 census total of 77,477. Lorca is the municipality with the second ...
Parador de Lorca. Castle of Lorca (Spanish: Castillo de Lorca) in Lorca, Murcia, Spain, is a fortress of medieval origin constructed between the 9th and 15th centuries. It consists of a series of defensive structures that, during the Middle Ages, made the town and the fortress an impregnable point in the southeast part of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Region of Murcia (/ ˈmʊərsiə /, US also / ˈmɜːrʃ (i) ə /; [4][5][6] Spanish: Región de Murcia [reˈxjon de ˈmuɾθja]; Valencian: Regió de Múrcia) is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast. The region is 11,313 km 2 (4,368 sq mi) in area and had a ...
Murcia. Murcia (/ ˈmʊərsiə /, US also / ˈmɜːrʃ (i) ə /; [5][6][7] Spanish: [ˈmuɾθja] ⓘ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, [8] the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, [9] and the seventh largest city in the country. It had a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 [10] (about one ...
8 BC - 2 BC. The Via Augusta (also known as the Via Herculea or Via Exterior) was the longest and busiest of the major roads built by the Romans in ancient Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula). According to historian Pierre Sillières, who has supervised excavation of Roman sites in Spain to identify the exact route followed by the Via Augusta, it ...
List of municipalities in the Region of Murcia. This is a list of the 45 municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Murcia, Spain, with their land areas and their populations at the Censuses of 2001, 2011 and 2021. Name. Area. (km 2 )
Municipalities in the Region of Murcia. This category is for municipalities in the province of Murcia, which coincides with the autonomous community of the same name, in the country of Spain . Map showing boundaries of the municipalities in Region of Murcia. The country of Spain is administratively divided into seventeen autonomous communities ...
The 2011 Lorca earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Lorca de 2011) was a moderate 5.1 Mw[ 2] earthquake that occurred 6:47 p.m. CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, [ 7] near the town of Lorca, causing significant localized damage in the Region of Murcia, Spain, and panic among locals, and displacing many from their homes.