Caminos ganaderos murcianos durante la Baja Edad Media. Reconstrucción documental

Abstract

The cartography available about the roads used by the cattle presents an important lacune and is not very precise as far as the Reign of Murcia is concer­ned. The clue lies in the fact that pastures and communication roads in Murcia depended on a government sctongly characterised by a high degree of jurisdictio­nal autonomy. Cuenca's cattle crack was the main Castillan way that penetrated in Murcian territory, where a network of paths vertebrated themself around a main path that connected the region of Cuenca with the fields of Cartagena through Abanilla, Santomera, the hills of San Cristobal, the Azud bridge and Cartagena's harbour.