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Date Published: 02/03/2022

ARCHIVED - Lorca St Patricks Day 2022 bigger and better than ever

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The Murcia town has planned a special festival between March 11 and 17

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Lorca St Patricks Day 2022 bigger and better than ever

Lorca plans to paint the town green this March in celebration of St Patrick’s Day 2022 in a week-long celebration that promises to be the biggest and best Emerald Isle festival yet. Between Friday March 11 and Thursday March 17, Lorca will come alive will musical performances and parades, guided tours and games and gastronomic treats, all in honour of Ireland’s patron saint.

According to the Vice Mayor of Lorca and Councillor for Tourism, Francisco Morales, the Plaza de España will once again be the nerve centre of this celebration. Under the hashtags #GlobalGreening and #St.Patrick, the Collegiate Church of San Patricio will join other famous monuments across Spain in turning green for the occasion, and the Irish flag will be raised with much pomp and ceremony following a traditional mass in English.

The Councillor stated that this year, health circumstances will allow the people of Lorca to enjoy the festivities in “almost normal conditions” and for this reason, the celebrations have been extended to six days, and will provide a varied program of activities in a style never before seen in the area.

Food and beer trucks will surround San Patricio after it is lit up at 8pm on Friday, giving the square and surrounding streets a real feel of the festivities. Another novelty this year will encourage locals and visitors to shop local as doing so could win them a trip to Ireland’s capital city, Dublin.

St Patrick is currently patron of the Lorca Local Police thanks to his role in helping the local troops during a battle in the Middle Ages, and the councillor believes that the event is “becoming a reference date in the Lorca calendar that we celebrate with the Irish community in Spain.”

☘️ #Lorca celebra el #DíadeSanPatricio, #StPatricksDay, por todo lo alto como nunca antes

📆 Del 11 al 17 de marzo habrá actividades turísticas, festivas y gastronómicas en la 📍Plaza de España y el 📍#CastilloDeLorca

🔗 https://t.co/CpZO5Jvjjf #LorcayTú #ComparteLorca pic.twitter.com/sRBckafY3G
— Turismo Lorca (@lorcaturismo_es) March 2, 2022

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

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The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites, and historic buildings, around which the modern City has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, the Jewish Quarter of the castle and Synagogue, Lorca Tourist Office Plaza de España, Colegiata de San Patricio, Museo de Arqueologico Municipal, Iglesia de San Francisco, Casa Huerto Ruano, Palacio de Guevara, Iglesia de San Mateo, Pósito de los Panaderos, Convento Virgen de las Huertas, Antiguo Convento de la Merced, Iglesia del Carmen and the Teatro Guerra.

Unfortunately Lorca has also been prone to natural disaster, suffering a Gota Fría on September 28th 2012, as well as an earthquake which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives. Since this earthquake the city has been rebuilding, winning recognition for its Lorca, Open for Restoration initiative, which used the restoration of the city as a tourist attraction whilst it rebuilt its historical buildings, some of which are currently still not open.

Lorca Tourist Office The tourist office itself has temporarily relocated until the renovations are completed and is on Calle San Patricio near the church.

Lorca also has an area of coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of, Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Lorca Tourist Office Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only through agricultural exploitations.

However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a Lorca Tourist Office series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.