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The program of activities organized to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the inauguration of the Church of Ntra. Sra. De la Asuncion de Molina de Segura enters its final phase during the month of December.
On 4, 13 and 18 December last planned events will take place.
Between November 30 and December 8, 1765, a series of events that served to open, so lavish, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Molina de Segura were held.
Since the beginning of this year 2015 have been carried out a series of activities and events religious, civic and cultural nature that have had the occasion to celebrate the 250th anniversary of this holiday.
The program of activities is as follows:
- Friday December 4, inside the temple:
At 1900 hours, an act of discovery of plaque commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Church of Our Mrs. of the Assumption.
At 1930 hours, memorial service.
At 2000 hours, an extraordinary charge of the Municipal Hims Mola Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Conservatory of Music Maestro Jaime Lopez concert.
To have joined the commemoration of the two musical groups of Molina de Segura.
Together totaling 56 musicians and will perform works by Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Telemann and Avison all composed in the eighteenth century, the century in which was inaugurated the Church of Ntra. Sra. De la Asunción.
The orchestra will be conducted by maestro Raul Cespedes Cascales.
- Sunday December 13, at 17.00, from the Hermitage of Consolation to the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, rise of Our Lady of Consolation in pilgrimage to the temple in honor of the Assumption...
Upon arrival, celebrating Mass.
- Friday December 18, at 19.30, consecration of the temple, by the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes.
-.. Saturday, December 19, at 16.30, from the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption to the Hermitage of Consolation, down Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Consolation and celebrating Mass on the esplanade next to the Hermitage .
CHURCH OF NTRA.
MRS.
ASSUMPTION
This year 2015, the Church of Ntra. Sra. De la Asuncion de Molina de Segura fulfills the two hundred and fifty anniversary of his inauguration.
This is the most important and significant historical monument of the population, which has seen local events from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.
The present church of the Assumption, replaced in their day to an older located near the fortress, at the top of the Castle District, was built as usual on the Muslim mosque.
The start of construction was in 1746. 1,272 square meters outside the old city walls were enabled.
This new space the new church and the square was located.
The name of the architect or tracista is not known but it is known that the master mason was Francisco Coronado.
All residents contributed their labor and were authorized by ecclesiastical authority for work on Sundays and holidays not solemn.
Those were only hired skilled trades such as masons, foremen, carpenters and blacksmiths.
At a cost of 100,000 reales and 19 years of work the church is finished.
Within its walls is collected, according to tradition, a finger relic of St. Vincent Martyr, patron of Molina de Segura.
You can also see images inside molinense sculptor Bernabé Gil, which was awarded in the 40 and 50 at the national level with individual awards Salzillo.
The image of the head of the church, Our Lady of the Assumption, is his work.
There is also a 1792 processional monstrance made at the expense of the Brotherhood of Animas and the Blessed Sacrament.
Its author was the famous silversmith and Neapolitan artist Carlos Zaradatti.
This part is declared of Cultural Interest.
Also emphasizes his file, which began in 1560 and contains rich and interesting documentation.
Equally interesting are the paintings of the four evangelists of the scallops of the dome to be from the time of the inauguration, as well as the flagship of the dome, the artist Joseph Navarro.
The jewel hangs an angel of salzillesca school.
1943 is your perspective painted work of famous painters Luis Garay and Carlos Rodriguez altarpiece.
In 1948 Muñoz Barberán painted figures of the dome representing the triumph of the Eucharist.
The church is decorated in 1950 under the direction of the Valencian painter José Martinez, who also renovated respecting the original altarpiece top of Garay and Carlos Rodriguez.
The Cabinet granted the March 2, 1983 the title of Historic Artistic Monument.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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