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Mula La Santa Espina can be seen at the Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Incarnation of the municipality at the end of next November.

Works for proper display of the reliquary have already begun through collaboration between the Heritage Service of the Ministry of Culture and Spokesperson, the City of Mula and the Community of Poor Clares, and is scheduled to be completed in just over a month.

The Minister of Culture and the regional government spokesman, Noelia Arroyo visited today the monastery declared of Cultural Interest (BIC) for the state of the works that will give cult of Santa Espina, after last October 10 the regional government adopt the 'Project execution.

Conservation and restoration of Craticula and comulgatorio at the Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Incarnation (Poor Clares), Mula (Murcia) '.

The bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, confirmed last July that the relic found in the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation of Mula is authentic and belonged to the crown of thorns that led Jesus Christ, according to research made based on the evidence found in documents of Cardinal Belluga and other bishops.

Following the announcement, as stated Arroyo, "he began work on drafting a project to combine the religious value of the monastery with the exposition of the relic of the Holy Thorn, not as a museum, but adding to the good of Cultural interest a new element that will further enrich and contribute to know its history and give greater prominence to its role as a place of worship ".

In addition, next year will take place the Jubilee Year of Caravaca and confirmation of the authenticity of the relic of the Holy Thorn of Mula and its upcoming exhibit "strengthen the Region of Murcia as a destination for religious tourism, bringing a new dimension to the Way Cross of Caravaca and giving the pilgrims one more reason to visit us, "added the Minister of Culture, who recalled that" the goal for 2017 is to reach two million visitors, something for which the regional government is already working together with administrations and other measures such as tax incentives and the promotion of cultural patronage to increase tourism. "

Works in the monastery

The works being carried out at the Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Incarnation of Mula contemplate the restoration of mural painting comulgatorio stay.

Specifically, with the dismantling of the elements that frame the current environment, which have been identified as materials reused from other areas of the building, a larger area of ​​the original wall paintings and space of possible pew or altar table it will recover to the Craticula the communion rail.

Moreover, and in order to ensure proper display of the reliquary of the Holy Thorn, an exempt showcase high security will be installed before the wall located on the opposite end to the Craticula (current round), while maintaining the functionality of communication vainly the old Craticula.

The Minister and spokesperson stated that "when construction is complete, we will have a new attraction point for visitors Mula, to which we add the Convent of San Francisco, which is being restored and whose project was included in aid 1.5 Cultural percent of the Ministry of Public works, and works of art that can be seen at La Casa Graffiti Gabarrón Foundation, where the Community is also working ".

In this sense, Arroyo congratulated the Mülenen "for his commitment to the historical and cultural heritage" and recalled that, in recent years, "Mula has become an example of collaboration between government and civil society."

Source: CARM