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L'Amuravela

Cudillero, Avilés, Asturias

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Curiosity · Cudillero, Avilés, Asturias

Image of Cudillero, not of the place itself.

Every 29 June, the feast of San Pedro, a resident of Cudillero recites in verse, in Pixueto, a satirical sermon reviewing what has happened during the year in the town and in the world; the custom dates back to the 16th century, linked to the building of the parish church in 1569, and it fills the amphitheatre of houses around the harbour. It was declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Nacional (Spain's designation for festivals of national tourist interest) in 1976. After the sermon a salute manoeuvre is performed, recalling the return from the conquest of Florida by Alonso Menéndez Marqués, whose ship was built in Cudillero with a crew from the town, and two xigantes are burned beside the preacher. The sermon was suspended several times over its content, until in 1946 the mayor and the parish priest revived it, agreeing to hold it without the presence of the saint.

Photo: Rulf (Public domain)

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