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Festival of Santa Escolástica

Alcolea de Calatrava, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

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Festival of Santa Escolástica

Activity · Alcolea de Calatrava, Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real

Image of Alcolea de Calatrava, not of the place itself.

A celebration instituted in 1575 following a locust plague that ravaged the comarca. It includes a procession, the handing out of charity and, in alternate years, the Ángel Crespo Poetry Competition.

10 de febrero

Photo: PePeEfe (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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