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Patronal Festival of the Virgen del Castillo

Yecla, Altiplano, Murcia

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Patronal Festival of the Virgen del Castillo

Activity · Yecla, Altiplano, Murcia

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Declared a Festival of National Tourist Interest, it commemorates the return without a single loss of the 61 Yecla soldiers recruited in 1642 during the Catalan war. It includes the Alborada with harquebus salvoes, the gachasmigas meal, the Bringing Down of the Virgin and the Floral Offering.

5 al 8 de diciembre

Photo: Vallejo GOD (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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