A group of experts from various national and international universities are set to conduct an archaeological survey in an are which is thought might contain the mass grave in which the poet Federico Garcia Lorca was buried after his execution.
Earthquake measuring 4.3 in Lorca
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred early this morning in northwest Lorca, the epicentre being 11 kilometres deep near the village of La Paca where the tremor reached intensity III.
Body found in Lorca could be that of flood victim
A body found on Saturday in the Rambla de Béjar in Lorca is thought to be that 0f 70 year old German national Hieltrue Gill who disappeared during the recent floods.
Earthquake in Murcia
An earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale occurred last night southwest of Lorca, Murcia.
56% of buildings inspected in Lorca are uninhabitable
The death toll in Lorca as a result of the terrible earthquakes has risen to nine after a woman admitted to the hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca in Murcia in a critical condition died from her injuries.
Thousands spend the night in the open after the earthquakes
Thousands of people spent the night on the streets in Murcia following two earthquakes which have left 8 people dead, including two pregnant women and a 14 year old girl, and 167 people injured, three of them seriously.
Four dead after earthquake in Lorca
Four people died and another was seriously injured during an earthquake this evening in Lorca, Murcia.
Excavations begin today in Alfacar
Today sees the start of excavations at the site of Civil War graves in Alfacar where, amongst others, the remains of the poet Lorca are believed to be buried.
Civil war graves
The family of the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca have dropped their objection to the excavation of his grave. Lorca was executed, along wth a teacher and two trade unionists, by General Francisco Franco’s nationalists at the start of the civil war in 1936.