Placed to 43 meters of height, in the Vega of the Segura, on the banks of this diet river rain Mediterranean, of scarce wealth but with strong rises, like those of 1946, 1948, 1973 or 1989 that flooded the capital murciana.

The more known of Murcia is his garden, which dominates big part of municipality. It is a flat city but with hills that surround the vale with the Segura, emphasizing that of Monteagudo, where one finds Arab castle of the Middle Age.

Murcia emir of Al-Andalus Abderramán II was founded by the name of Mursiya in the year 825 for . The Arabs, making use of the course of the river Segura, next to the city, created a complex network hidrológica (ditches, tubes, waterwheels, treadmills, aqueducts), that gave prosperity to the city and they are the predecessors of the current one system of irrigation of the garden of the Segura. It was not up to the second one half of the XIth century that Murcia turned into independent kingdom. The Wise person was reconquered by Alfonso X and incorporated to Castile. In 1296 it went on to the Crown of Aragon but for the Treaty of Torrellas in 1304 it stayed for Castile as capital of the Kingdom of Murcia. In 1651 was devastated by the Segura with more than 1.000 dead persons. From creation of the provinces in the XIXth century is a capital of that of Murcia and from 1982 of the Region of the same name. In the last ones years a spectacular population increase has had that it is placed like the seventh municipality more filled with Spain.

Religious monuments: Cathedral of Murcia Monastery of Jerónimos Sanctum of Fuensanta Monasterio of Santa Clara her Real

Civil monuments: Town hall Theater Romea Casino of Murcia Palace Almudí Palacio of San steban Castle of Murcia Barracks of Artillery

Gardens and Squares: Circular square Garden of the Silk Square of Flowers Square Santo Domingo
Garden of Floridablanca Paseo of the Levee

Theaters: Theater Romea Auditorio and Center of Congresses of the Region of Murcia Theater Bernal, in the district of The Cluster of palms

Universities:
University of Murcia (UMU) University of (Public) Murcia
Catholic university San Antonio of Murcia (UCAM)
Polytechnical university of Cartagena (UPCT) Polytechnical University of Cartagena

Museums:
Murcia is provided with a big museums quantity, many of them restored recently like Salzillo or Fine arts. To stand out of Santa Clara inaugurated in 2005. The different museums of the city of Murcia are:

Museum of Archaeology of Murcia
Museum of Fine arts of Murcia

Museum Salzillo: To speak about the baroque in Murcia is to do it of a singular artist called Francisco Salzillo (1707-1783). The sculptural art reached with him one of his maximum levels on having expressed, across religious religious images, the deepest emotions of the human soul.

Salzillo always realized his sculptures in wood, following it Spanish tradition with big mastery already from his first works. artist provided with a big capacity of theological interpretation rich in solutions, realized the exceptional, only works in the world, qualified like the equivalent to the visual poetry and that they supposed a big contribution to the European art.
The sculptor murciano always identified with his ground and with his I populate. In just reciprocity, Murcia has kept always, of one passionate form, his memory, and has admired and enjoyed his work. The city has dedicated to the artist a Museum, which takes care with of care and is a visit forced for everything the one that comes to know Murcia.
The Museum was projected in 1919, although it was not until 1941 when it outlined definitely by means of a Decree approving his creation, being modified again in 1949 and declared Historic monument Artistic in 1962.

Museum of the Cathedral of Murcia
Museum of the City of Murcia
Museum of Santa Clara
Museum of the Science and the Water
Museum Ramón Gaya
Museum Hidraúlico Los Mill of the Rio
Bullfighting museum of Murcia
Museum of the Privileged brotherhood of the Blood (Church of Carmen)
Museum of the Church of God's Saint John
Center of Art Palace of the Almudí
Center of Art Díaz Cassou
Room of San Esteban
Room of Verónicas
Cultural center The Egg whites
Regional center of Craft

Towns and districts: Sweet and sour, Reservoir of the Towers, Algezares, Aljucer, Farmhouses, Avileses, Azarbe, Bargemen, Quarter of the Dawn, Quarter of Victory, Quarter of the Arocas, Quarter of the Householders, Quarter of Seanos, Quarter of San Antonio, Quarter of Carmen, Quarter of Progress, Quarter of the Bridge of the Crutch, Baths and Beggar, Belchi, Beniaján, Brianes, Buenavista, Buenos Aires, Bálsicas of Above, Cabecico of the King, Peak of the Silver, Peak of Towers, Old Way of Casillas, Field Eremitorio of the Light, Carrascoy, Highway of Ñora, Rail of the Enera, Rail of the Penchos, White House, Marries of the Priest, Houses of Cemetery Of Our Father Jesus, You marry of Garden Of High Age, Houses of the Way of Fluke, Houses of the Rail of the Church, New Houses, Casillas, Beautiful Gully, Gullies of San Pedro, Fluke, Cobatillas, Cobatillas the Old woman, I Combine Residential, Corvera, Caves of the North, The Bojal, Canute, Gatherer of snails, Carmen, The Castellar, The Jopo, The Cluster of palms or Place of Don Juan, The Prop, The Puntarrón, The Raal, The Ranero, Salting, Dry land, It Was High, a Chapel of Bethlehem, Chapel of Burgos, Chapel of Remedies, Chapel of Patiño, Esparragal, Espinardo, Factory of Gunpowder, Garres and Lages, Gea and Truyols, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe of Maciascoque, Garden of Farmhouses, Garden of the Reservoir, Garden of Plain Of Bruges, Garden of Monteagudo, Garden of San Benito, Garden of Santa Cruz, Garden of Santo Angel, Garden of the Raal, Garden of Corner of Dry season, Garden and Field of the Branches, Garden and Field of Peak, Infante Juan Manuel, Javalí Nuevo, Javalí Viejo, Javalí Old man (Or the Lugarico), Jerónimos and Avileses, Jerónimos and Avileses Y Bálsicas of Above, Sworn (It), The Albatalia, The Reservoir, Her Appeared, The Arboleja, The Azacaya, The Boat, The Cathedral, La Cruz, The Cave, The Reputation, The Fleet, The Galapacha, The Call to arms, La Gloria, The Farm, The Farrier, The Murta, La Paz, The Purest, The Streak, Her It mediates, The Urdienca, The Path, The Black Voice, The Ñora, Hillsides of Campillo, Lages, The Barracks, The Cold sores, The Houses, The Casicas, The Casillas, The Louvres, The Peñicas, You will Weave Them, Plain of Bruges, Lobosillo, The Alburquerques, The Bastidas, The Conesas, Them Pains, The Garcías, The Garres, The Jerónimos, The Martínez of Port, Kill Them to you, The Maurillos, The Pedriñanes, The Strong ones, Branches, The Pilgrims, The Teatinos, The Urreas, The vidales, Place of or Chapel of Buendía Casillas (Place of), Maria Auxiliadora, Mill Alfatego, Mill of the Olma, Mill of the Path, Mill of Casianos, Mill of the Nelva, Monte Liso, Monteagudo, Murcia, Nonduermas, Our Lady of the Fuensanta, Skated, Mild pine, It populates of Copse, Bridge of the Front, Bridge Bacons, Corner of Beniscornia, Corner of the Blind persons, Corner of the Garcías, Corner of the Illanes, Corner of Dry season, Corner of the Galician, Corner of the Merino, San Andrés, San Antolín, San Antonio the Poor person, San Anthony, San Bartolomé, San Basilio, San Benito, San Ginés, San Jose of Mountain, San Jose of the Vega, Working San Jose, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Miguel, San Nicolás, San Pedro, San Pío X, San Roque, Sangonera the Dry season, Sangonera the Green or New, Holy Chapel Catalina, Santa Cruz, Santa Eulalia, Santa Maria of Grace, Santiago the Biggest, Santiago and Zaraiche, Santo Angel, Sanctum of Fuensanta, Footpath of Granada, Copse of the Hole, Sucina, tabala, Tower Alcayna, Tower of the Manresa, Tower Guil, Tower Molina, Tower Chicken, There toasts Salinas, Torreaguera, Urban development Monte Liso, Valladolises, Valladolises and Lo Jurado, Happy sight, Vistabella, Zambrana, Zarandona, Zeneta