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February 18 Themed Pilgrims Market in Caravaca de la Cruz
Prehistory is the keynote at the first of six Pilgrims Markets in Caravaca during the Holy Jubilee Year of 2024
During the Holy Jubilee Year of 2024 the Pilgrims’ Market of Caravaca de la Cruz is being held on six occasions, each of them following a certain theme as the city celebrates its 7-yearly influx of hikers making their way to one of only 5 holy destinations recognized by the Vatican in the whole world.
The first edition of the market takes place on Sunday February 18 and is themed around the Carnival celebrations which are drawing to a close on that date, while the series is completed by the following dates:
March 15: themed around Pre-history
April 21: themed around Giants and Big-heads
May 19: themed around Living Nature
October 20: themed around Music
November 19: themed around Magic
All six events are located in the central square and street of La Corredera and feature a range of stalls offering arts and crafts products, food and drink as well as children’s activities and entertainment. The market is open from 10.00 to 14.00.
Further information is available from the tourist office of Caravaca (Plaza de España, 7, telephone 968 702424, email turismo@caravacadelacruz.es
Or for more information about Caravaca, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today.
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Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and sahres boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
