The parish independence of Santomera Historical milestone · Santomera, Huerta de Murcia, Murcia Image of Santomera, not of the place itself. After appointing its first outlying-village mayor in 1785, the town obtained a parish of its own and ceased to depend ecclesiastically on Beniel, the first step of a process of emancipation that would take almost two centuries to complete. 1794 Photo: Esperpento98 (CC0) What to see and do in Santomera