Read this in the DDM Pollença obtiene casi 300.000 euros de Madrid gracias a la declaración patrimonial de la Serra - Diario de Mallorca
Pollença gets almost 300,000 euros in Madrid thanks to the declaration of assets of the Serra.
J. FRAU The declaration of the Serra de Tramuntana as World Heritage by UNESCO, issued in June 2011, is beginning to translate into benefits that go beyond simple promotional label. Or at least in Pollença, which is poised to become the first municipality of Serra to get a financial reward linked directly to its location in the mountain area of Mallorca.
Nord Township will receive € 286,000 from central government to undertake two ambitious asset improvement projects: Calvari reform and bows claustre Sant Domingo. They are the two most important projects of the four that the city of Madrid had sent Pollença to direct funding for its integrated township status in an area declared as world heritage.
The General Division of Historical Heritage Protection central government has accepted the proposals that had been submitted Pollença Council to access the call for project grants for conservation, protection and dissemination of goods declared as world heritage.
Mayor 'pollencí', Tomeu Encrypt (PP), reported this fact to Municipal Corporation in the city last Thursday, while noting that, for now, it is a "provisional decision" that if there are no arguments against, shall become final.
addition to the two projects that have taken advantage of financial assistance, the City had requested financial support for the empowerment of a cultural route by the municipality and the composition of an anthem of the Serra de Tramuntana, projects that have not been selected by that overall sub.
Encrypt appreciates the fact that Pollença is carried almost 300,000 euros of the total two million euros that the government had planned to heritage projects in aid of the Spanish State. Finally, the intervention Calvari receive the amount of 245,000 euros, which will cover the entire project, while the reform of the arches of the cloister has been funded with 41,000 euros, not enough to develop the entire project you want to run the City , so the sum must complete its own funds.
Both projects funded must be completed by June 2013, when the mayor considered "sufficient" for execution.
The Calvari, the most visited
The rehabilitation project Calvari assembly is the most ambitious. The City Council had already presented the Plan of Works and Services of the Consell, which this year will not provide any funding for greenfield projects. The equity line of support from the central government will be a second chance for the beautification of the most visited tourist enclave town of Pollença.
municipality's intention is to solve the famous steps of the Calvary, composed of 365 steps, put the esplanade at the top of the hill, from which you get spectacular views of the people, and paved the road that leads to the rear area of Pollença Roman bridge.
Regarding intervention project in the cloister of Sant Domingo, is intended to correct degradation 'seas 'which are composed of arcs. The council 'pollencí' intends to add more money to the central government starting to "go beyond" the project itself and "leave the most glittering Claustre" according Cifre.
Mayor considered "very" positive "the fact that the central government "has assessed the situation of Pollença and recognized World Heritage status of the Serra".
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