Pregnant And Cathedral

An excuse to take a new picture of the tower of the Cathedral of Murcia. The pregnant woman crossing the Iron Bridge (or New Bridge) over the Segura river.

Cactus Flower

I do not know the name of this cactus, but I have always drawn attention. When it comes to flowering, leaves a flower that is bigger than the cactus itself, lasting about 3 days, and withered. Curious.

Be Water My Friend

The last 7 days have been quite complicated to post photos at MuDP.
Today I took a breath, and here I am again, with this photo. It is not a spectacular fountain, and also is a fountain that goes unnoticed for Murcian, but the water always produces me some calm, peace and quiet.

Solidarity Football Match For Lorca.

The Real Madrid, and a selection of football players from Murcia, will play tomorrow, Wednesday May 18, 2011, at 20:00 pm, a benefit match for those affected by the earthquake occurred in Lorca on 12 May.
In the picture, long queues to get a ticket to watch the game at Nueva Condomina Stadium. (This is a photo montage with some bugs, so you can see that there are 3 photos, click to enlarge the image)

Shocking images seen by camera safe control when the earthquake occurred in Lorca, here.

When Earth Is Shaken.

It has been some days of the fatal earthquake in Lorca. From what I read, the cause,that they have been so much damage, in spite of an earthquake of 5.2 on the Richter scale, is due to the depth of the epicenter. In this case, the epicenter has been only 1km deep (in Japan, relatively speaking, and considering that was 9 on the Richter scale, was more than 24 km deep).
The earthquake has affected, above all, to older homes of historic town. But some newly built homes also have fallen. In this case, technicians will have to assess whether they met the anti-seismic regulations. In the Region of Murcia, anti-seismic regulations says that buildings must withstand up to 7 degrees on the Richter scale.
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Earthquake In Lorca. Terremoto En Lorca.

Yesterday afternoon, in the city of Lorca (Region of Murcia), there were two earthquakes.The first, about 5 pm, 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale. The second, larger,magnitude 5.2, about a quarter to 7 pm. At this time, we know that 8 people have died, hundreds have been injured and had to be evicted more than 10000 people from their homes.

Lorca is 63 kilometers from the city of Murcia. 460 km from Madrid.

From here I send my heartfelt encouragement to all families of Lorca (I have somefriends who are or have family there).

Live recording of the fall of a bell tower, during the 2 nd earthquake.

News about the earthquakes in Lorca.

Unibono

This logo, which appears to see the infinite number in the legendary television series V (see the invaders flag), is the demand for the proposed public transport service. It's called "unibono" and offers for 30 euros/month all bus trips in the municipality of Murcia . 20 euros for students.

SOS 4.8 2011

We left the spring festival images, and now comes the Festival SOS 4.8. 48 hours of seminars, conferences, exhibitions, but above all, music. Perhaps the star of this year is Suede.

The music festival starts today.

Echoes Of Spring Festivities 3

During the spring holiday week, you can enjoy numerous concerts throughout the city. One of the areas of concerts was in the parking lot of La Condomina (old Condomina). In the photo, poster, of the sponsor, who could not only be a brand of beer, our Murcian beer.

Echoes Of Spring Festivities 2

Boating. During the week of spring festivals, there are boat trips on the river Segura, free, reservation required.

Echoes Of Spring Festivities 1

Yesterday ended the Spring festivities, and yesterday I commented about the night of the Burial of the Sardine. Today, on the morning. On the morning of Saturday, sardine groups (grupos sardineros) make a small parade along Avenida Alfonso X "El Sabio ", where people, overwhelms, to get a detail (such as a whistle, or a stuffed animal).

Burial Of The Sardine 2011. Entierro De La Sardina 2011. And May Theme Day.

(Theme Day see below)

Yesterday was the day of the "Burial of the Sardine" (Entierro de la Sardina), declared as an international tourist interest. At night, after a great parade of about 2 hours, the sardine of the image (each year is different) is burned, and then a big fireworks is showed.

This month the theme day in the citydailyphoto community is MAILBOX. In the image, in an urban development on the outskirts of the city of Murcia, the postal service requested to this development, that places the grouped mailboxes..

Then you can see the mailboxes around the world.Click here to view thumbnails for all participants