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Data of the Town |
Fuensanta |
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Town |
Nucleus: Sanctum of the Fuensanta |
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Municipality |
Murcia / Region: Garden of Murcia |
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Province |
Murcia |
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Community |
Murciana |
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Habt. / Ine 2004 |
150 |
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Town hall |
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Direction |
Square of Spain, 2 |
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ZIP code |
30004 |
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Phone |
968 358600 |
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Fax |
968 213468 |
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Office Tourism |
968 84 68 11 |
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Official web |
Fuensanta Sanctum |
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Web of Interest |
Virgin of the Fuensanta |
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E-mail municipality |
To contact WebMaster |
The devotion of the Town murciano for Ntra. Mrs. of the Fuensanta is very ancient, arising from the appearance from the Virgin in the mount known as The Hondoyuelo. Legend counts it that in this saw placed to approximately 5 kilometers of capital and already considered like sacred enclave for the first ones civilizations that inhabited the area, Maria had made to sprout her "holy source" that named the dedication. The small spring still today waters that place and from the XVth century the existence consists of a chapel in honor to the Virgin crowning the place.
The image of the Virgin is the wonderful one sculpture. It is said that the child who goes is a work of Salzillo
The sanctum is a traditional one temple of the baroque murciano, that consists of three ships; a head office wider and two wings with chapels. The front (1705), it acts of Toribio Martínez of the Vega, presents two towers and a door in semicircular arch