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The president stressed "the wise decision of the City unionense mining back to the forefront as a major tourist attraction"
The President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, today congratulated the residents of La Union for having made his county, along its 150 years of existence, "a prosperous people and a friendly welcome to be missed at any time of year, and a landmark of culture, proud of its history. "
The head of Murcia, accompanied by the mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, chaired today the closing of the commemoration of 150 anniversary of the establishment of the municipality, which also held a concert by the Symphony Orchestra Region of Murcia.
A century of history of this county "in which progress has been made clear to its neighbors," because, he said Valcárcel, "the unionenses today do not forget, however, a remarkable past, a history that has forged identity and character to beat stress and has made it possible to reach the heights of achievement that put the Union at the forefront of municipalities in Murcia. "
He also noted that citizens of the Union are proud this historical trajectory "that plowed through hard work, sweat and sacrifice those who pierced the earth in search of minerals in which underpin its prosperity and growth of many civilizations miners trod these lands Spain over the centuries. "
The town that came in 1860, stressed the President of Murcia, "was not the goal of the inhabitants of these lands, but the starting point."
From that date, "The Union spent years of prosperity, a more than noticeable social development, urban and economically", he recalled.
"The mining boom, coupled with the efforts of unionenses brought new communications infrastructure, outstanding buildings, developments of any kind that led the municipality to be in the early twentieth century, the fourth most populous municipality Region he said.
In all this way, he added, "The mine is part of the soul unionense, is now history and also its present and future" because, "although no longer excavate new galleries, the wise decision of the City Council has returned to mining Close-up now regard tourism as a region that, surely, again find support for its development in the bowels of the earth, "he added.
"The progress of the Union is progress for all Murcia," said the head of the regional executive.
"We understand the need to support and support at all times to our cities, for all that, for all you have achieved and for how you're going to get," he said Valcarcel, who reiterated his congratulations on this commemoration to all unionenses.
Source: CARM
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