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Festivities of Santa María Magdalena de Moncofa

Moncofa, La Plana Baixa, Castellón

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Festivities of Santa María Magdalena de Moncofa

Activity · Moncofa, La Plana Baixa, Castellón

Image of Moncofa, not of the place itself.

The patron saint festivities of Moncofa are held from 21 to 30 July in honour of Saint Mary Magdalene, with the traditional procession of the landing of the patron saint, repeated for 500 years. The event commemorates the arrival at the village beach, then an old seaport, of the image of the saint from Marseille in the autumn of 1423, during the reign of Alfonso V the Magnanimous, an event considered miraculous that prompted the construction of an early hermitage. The festivities are rounded off with bullfighting spectacles, open-air dances and traditional religious acts.

21-30 de julio

Photo: Elgaard (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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