Federico Balart, poet born in Pliego Curiosity · Pliego, Río Mula, Murcia Image of Pliego, not of the place itself. A journalist, poet and literary critic (Pliego, 1831 - Madrid, 1905), a member of the Real Academia Española, to whom his native town dedicated a street, a bust and the name of its secondary school. Photo: Roberto Lumbreras from Madrid, España (CC BY-SA 2.0) What to see and do in Pliego