Murcia
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By plane
Murcia is served by San Javier Airport, with many international flights including Belfast, Bergen, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Helsinki, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oslo, Southampton, Stavanger and Trondheim. Domestic flights are also available from Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca.
Alicante Airport is an hour away and has a larger choice of domestic and international flights, including many low cost airlines.
By train
Train connections are provided by RENFE. Murcia has a railway station called Murcia del Carmen, located in the neighborhood of the same name. Several long-distance lines link the city with Madrid, through Albacete, as well as Valencia, and Cataluña up to Montpellier in France. Murcia is also the center of a local network. The line C-1 connects the city to Alicante, and the line C-2 connects Murcia to Alcantarilla, Lorca and Águilas. It also has two regional lines connecting it to Cartagena and Valencia
By tram
Tramways are managed by Tranvimur. As of 2007, 2 kilometres of line were available, with 4 more lines scheduled to be built.
By bus
Bus service is provided by Lat Bus, which operates the urban bus and other interurban services
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Cathedral of Murcia
The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia commonly called the Cathedral of Murcia, is a church the city of Murcia, Spain. It is the only cathedral in use in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena in Spain.When the Christian king Jaime I the Conqueror conquered the city, in spite of the existing pact with the Muslims of the city that prevented destroying any mosque, the king Jaime I took the Great Mosque or Aljamía to consecrate it to the Virgin Mary, since he had the custom to offer a mass to Our Lady whenever he conquered a village. The cimentation of the cathedral begun in the 13th century, in the same place where the great mosque stood. In 1385 the laying of foundations began and in 1388 the first stone was laid. But it was not until 1394 that the construction began, which would be finished in October 1467. Nevertheless, the cathedral continued to grow until the 18th century, which means that the cathedral is made of a variety of artistic styles.
Puente de los Peligros
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.
As this is the oldest bridge of the city, it is known as old bridge as opposed to the Puente Nuevo built in 1903.The popular name of Puente de los Peligros is due to the presence on the south side of the bridge of a niche that keeps a wooden statue of Our Lady of the Hazards, work of Francisco Sánchez Araciel.
Museums
The most famous one is dedicated to the great sculptor Salzillo, who made most of the pasos that are used in the Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa). His polychromed wood bodies of angels, biblical personalities and virgins, with faces and hands carved of wood, are simply alive! Don't miss the Belen de Salzillo, a fine reproduction of the story of the birth of Jesus made of small sculptures. Directions: C/San Andres, at the Plaza de San Agustin. Leave the motorway bypass in the Ronda Norte direction. At the traffic lights take the street at your right (San Anton), and follow it straight along. It becomes C/San Andres without notice and then you reach the Plaza de San Agustin at your left. There is the museum, on your right, clearly indicated.
Moorish castle
Another place that shouldn't be missed is the Moorish castle on top of the Monteagudo mountain that can be seen from almost anywhere in Murcia. It was converted to Christianity by placing an "open arms" image of Christ on the top. Directions: leave Murcia by the old Alicante road and it will take you 5 minutes to reach. The motorway to Alicante will also take you there. Park the car down the mountain and walk to the top. You can touch Jesus's feet and toes while having a look at Murcia and his huerta.
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