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Eagles
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Eagles are a municipality of the Region of Murcia, located 105 km. of the capital of the region. He/she has an extension of 253,7 km². He/she has 28 km of mediterranean coast.During the second half of the XIX century it arrived to the village a British numerous colony, for what a certain influence of this presence remains in Eagles. To highlight the diverse constructions and infrastructures that continue still in foot, as the British cemetery, annex to the municipal one, the pier of Hornillo, in front of the Friar's Island, and the old house of an English merchant, located in the own island.The such city and like it is at the moment it was designed by Carlos III in the XVII century. The Castle of San Juan of the Eagles that was used can highlight like defense tower for the different civilizations that settled throughout the history. To their feet he/she expands the City with their beautiful Port, the marine walks and the serene charm of their bays of Weighing and West. To the bottom it stands out the slender figure of the Chimney of the Hill, symbol of the mining peak of the XIX century. During the Bourbon Restoration, due to the big investments of British capital, he/she couched the line among Lorca, Trick and Eagles, to give exit to the esparto or the minerals that were exported, being constituted the port in one of the main ones from Mediterranean. To this time it owes himself the construction of the Pier of Hornillo, architectural great work of their time built with the help of iron and concrete.
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