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Malaga Fair. Málaga. (Malaga). Conmemoración. Turismo.
… The Malaga fair commemorates the city's capture by the Catholic Monarchs in August 1487, and is celebrated with a range of activities such as competitions, performances and concerts, held in the fairground of El Real. Other venues throughout the city host a variety of different events and functions …
Festivity | Malaga
Cordoba Fair. Córdoba. (Cordoba).
… At the end of May Cordoba celebrates the Fair in honour of Nuestra Señora de la Salud (Our Lady of Health). The fiesta has a marked Andalusian flavour. There are “casetas” (marquees with food, drink and music) erected at the city’s fair ground, most of which are open to the general public. The thoro…
Festivity | Cordoba
L'Aplec del Caragol gastronomic snail festival. Lérida. (Lleida).
… L’Aplec del Caragol (The Snail Meet) is Lleida's gastronomic fiesta par excellence. For three days, thousands of locals from Lleida, organised into different groups and associations, along with visitors to the town, celebrate this fiesta whose main star is the snail. The event takes place during May…
Festivity | Lleida
San Lorenzo Fiestas. Huesca. Aug 09,2015.
… The second week in August, Huesca celebrates its fiestas in honour of San Lorenzo, the city’s patron saint. The sound of a rocket being set off from the balcony of the Town Hall is the signal for the start of nine days of activity and fun, with music, folk groups and traditional dance, concerts, ass…
Festivity | Huesca
Columbine Fairs. Huelva. Jul 28,2015.
… On the first days of August Huelva celebrates its “Columbinas” Fairs. This event is closely linked to the discovery of America, and commemorates the departure of Christopher Columbus’s caravels towards the New World. Ibero-American culture is reflected in these traditional celebrations, with diverse…
Festivity | Huelva
… This sporting event has been held since 1930. It is full of music and colour, and has become one of the most important dates on the international canoeing calendar. Every year, on the first Saturday in August, canoeists from all over the world come to Asturias to take part in the Sella River race. I…
Festivity | Asturias
Navia Estuary Swim. Navia. (Asturias). Aug 02,2015.
… Sport and folklore come together at this unique event. In August, Navia, a coastal village in Asturias, holds its Estuary Swim, a prestigious international event which attracts swimmers from all over the world, but especially from Europe. The competition was held for the first time in 1958, and is u…
Festivity | Asturias
La Carisa Astur Roman Festival. Lena. (Asturias). Aug 14,2015. Popular.
… This festival is held every year in the town of Carabanzo, Asturias , and recalls the struggles against the Romans. The festivity recreates the battles fought throughout this area at the time of the Roman Empire, and the participants dress in the costume of either Romans or Asturs (the inhabitants o…
Festivity | Asturias
Corpus Christi in Villa de Mazo. Villa de Mazo. (La Palma). May 26,2016. Religión.
… Villa de Mazo, on the Canary Island of La Palma , fills with colour and the scent of flowers for the spring feast of Corpus Christi. This fiesta has a full programme of celebrations, with sporting competitions, exhibitions, contests, theatre, children’s games, music, concerts… Nevertheless, the most…
Festivity | La Palma
Corpus Christi in Toledo. Toledo.
… Toledo ’s streets are clothed in finery to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi: a solemn procession which takes place in an atmosphere of singing, the aroma of herbs, and spiritual fervour. Corpus Christi is Toledo’s most important festival and one of its oldest. Although its exact date of origin …
Festivity | Toledo
La Patum de Berga Fiesta. Berga. (Barcelona).
… The fiesta of La Patum de Berga in Catalonia has been declared Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The fiesta coincides with Corpus Christi and includes a whole series of theatrical representations, characters and figures that fill the town of Berga every spring. I…
Festivity | Barcelona
Corpus Christi and Pilgrimage of San Isidro. Orotava, La. (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
… This festival dates from the 19th century. The most solemn act is the creation of carpets of natural flowers throughout the streets of the historic centre. The Pilgrimage consists of a procession of believers who carry aloft the figures of the patron saints of the town, San Isidro and Santa María de…
Festivity | Santa Cruz de Tenerife
