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Molina de Segura
«Molina de Segura es un centro muy activo de industria conservera.»Molina de Segura is a very active centre for the canning industry.
Molina de Segura is a city in the inner ring of Murcia, on the banks of the Segura just north of the capital. Born from the agriculture of the huerta, it developed around the canning industry that processes the fruit and vegetables of the valley, and is today one of the most populous municipalities in the entire region.
Did you know
Medieval silos beneath the houses.
In the subsoil of the historic centre, the remains of ancient medieval silos carved into the rock to store grain have been found.
How they talk in Molina de Segura
«Acho» and the aspiration of the final «s» belong to the everyday speech of the Vega Media. The vocabulary of the «huerta» remains common in families with agricultural ties.
acho
Hey; friend; boy, as a call or interjection. In informal speech it calls the interlocutor or introduces surprise, protest, complicity, and other reactions according to the intonation.
Everyday life in Molina de Segura
The «campañas» mark the year
The town's calendar is dictated by the processing seasons: peaches in July, tomatoes in September, artichokes in winter. When a season starts, you see lines of lorries.
The «huerta» behind the garden wall
The vegetable gardens reach up to the last houses, and the water channels pass behind the gardens. It is normal to have someone's field on the other side of your garden wall.
«Detrás de casa empieza la huerta.» — Behind the house begins the orchard.
The theatre of a town of sixty thousand
The Teatro Villa de Molina programmes companies that usually only tour the capital cities, and people go: the tickets sell out.
What to eat in Molina de Segura
Pisto murciano
Peppers, tomato, courgettes and onion stewed slowly in oil, often with an egg on top.
Michirones
Dried broad beans stewed with ham, chorizo and chilli pepper.
Melocotón en almíbar
The peaches of the valley peeled and put in syrup: the preserve that made the town's fortune.
Zarangollo
Courgettes and onion stewed in oil and bound with egg.
Festivals in Molina de Segura
Fiestas de la Virgen de la Consolación
in September
The patron saint goes out into the streets of the centre and the town closes for a week of concerts and open-air dances in the enclosure.
What to see in Molina de Segura
Villa Romana de Los Villaricos
A Roman rustic villa among the fields, with thermal baths and a facility for making oil.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
The large church of the old town, Baroque, at the highest point of the settlement.
Teatro Villa de Molina
Contemporary theatre with more than six hundred seats, opened in 2006.
Where Molina de Segura comes from
The town of preserves
Muslim era
Mulina
A fortified settlement on the banks of the Segura, guarding the road.
1266
The conquest
It passes to Castile with the rest of the kingdom of Murcia.
19th century
The huerta
The irrigated agriculture of the valley becomes the basis of the economy.
20th century → today
The canneries
The canning factories process the fruit of the valley: the town becomes a city.
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