Caravaca de la Cruz: One of Five Holy Cities
Murcia, Spain
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Caravaca de la Cruz: One of Five Holy Cities
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There are five cities in the Catholic world with the perpetual right to hold a jubilee year — Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, Santo Toribio de Liébana and Caravaca de la Cruz, which was granted it in 1998 and holds one every seven years. The relic is the Vera Cruz, a double-armed cross said to have been brought by angels in 1231. Every 3 May since 1384 it has been dipped in water in a ceremony at the Templete, and every May the town runs the Caballos del Vino, in which horses in embroidered mantles are raced up to the castle.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Go up to the Santuario de la Vera Cruz inside the castle and find the double-armed cross the whole town is built around
2
of 5
Work out the company it keeps: one of only five cities in the Catholic world with a perpetual jubilee, alongside Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago and Santo Toribio
3
of 5
Find the Templete, where the cross has been dipped in water every 3 May since 1384
4
of 5
Come for the Caballos del Vino in early May, where horses in heavy embroidered mantles are run up the hill to the castle
5
of 5
See the Renaissance church of El Salvador, among the finest in Murcia
Go up to the Santuario de la Vera Cruz inside the castle and find the double-armed cross the whole town is built around
Work out the company it keeps: one of only five cities in the Catholic world with a perpetual jubilee, alongside Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago and Santo Toribio
Find the Templete, where the cross has been dipped in water every 3 May since 1384
Come for the Caballos del Vino in early May, where horses in heavy embroidered mantles are run up the hill to the castle
See the Renaissance church of El Salvador, among the finest in Murcia
Before you go
Every 3 May the cross is dipped in water at the Templete, and the Caballos del Vino are run up to the castle in early May.
The Caballos del Vino and the fiestas fill the town at the start of May. The next jubilee year runs on the seven-year cycle — check the date.
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