Abanilla
24 ABR - 10 MAY
The Holy Cross and Moors and Christians take centre stage as Abanilla enjoys a fortnight of fiestas The small town of Abanilla in eastern Murcia is remarkable for the devotion shown by the locals to the holy relic of the ¿lignum crucis¿, which is believed to be a fragment of the cross on which Jesus is crucified, and every May the local fiestas are held in honour of the ¿Santísima Cruz¿ as well as in commemoration of the conflict between moors and Christians which determined the course of local and regional history in the 13th century..
Abanilla
24 ABR - 10 MAY
The Holy Cross and Moors and Christians take centre stage as Abanilla enjoys a fortnight of fiestas The small town of Abanilla in eastern Murcia is remarkable for the devotion shown by the locals to the holy relic of the ¿lignum crucis¿, which is believed to be a fragment of the cross on which Jesus is crucified, and every May the local fiestas are held in honour of the ¿Santísima Cruz¿ as well as in commemoration of the conflict between moors and Christians which determined the course of local and regional history in the 13th century..
In the Northeast is al-Bayada, which means "the white town" in Arabic. Abanilla is known as the Murcian Palestine because of its desert landscapes, palm trees oasis and Muslim origin.
Regarded by many authors as the "Palestine of Murcia", this municipality, thanks to its climate and the good work of its inhabitants, has come to be an oasis in the Murcian desert
