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December 15 to 31 Exhibition of paintings by Zacarías Cerezo showing the pilgrimage route to Caravaca de la Cruz

125 paintings are included in the Andar Para Pintarlo exhibition at the Círculo Mercantil in Caravaca

December 15 to 31 Exhibition of paintings by Zacarías Cerezo showing the pilgrimage route to Caravaca de la Cruz As Caravaca de la Cruz prepares for the influx of tourists, hikers and pilgrims making their way to the city in 2024 to commemorate the Holy Jubilee Year an exhibition of paintings by Zacarías Cerezo illustrating the beauty of the pilgrimage route which crosses the Region of Murcia is being held in the Mirror Room of the Círculo Mercantil (in the Plaza del Arco).

The 125 paintings are completing a tour of six locations during late 2023, beginning in Jumilla and then visiting Cieza, Moratalla, Calasparra and Yecla before reaching their logical end point in Caravaca. This exhibition has been sponsored by the Fundación Camino de la Cruz as part of the preparations for the Jubilee Year in 2024.

In compiling his paintings Zacarías Cerezo completed the Camino de la Cruz route himself, easel and pallet in hand, hence the title of the exhibition (translation Walk It to Paint It). Among the scenes he depicts are many of the museums, churches, monumental buildings, squares and marketplaces he passed on the way, as well as local people and legends.

The roots of the original Camino de la Vera Cruz pilgrimage route lie in the Middle Ages and transcend the boundaries of the Region of Murcia as it linked Caravaca with Puente La Reina in the northern Spanish region of Navarra. In total it covers a distance of over 900 kilometres and also passes through the Comunidad Valenciana, Castilla-La-Mancha and Aragón, and at present the regional tourist board and government are working on renovating the signage along the route.

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Caravaca de la Cruz, in the North-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the World, a centre of Pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.

The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003, the next one in 2017.

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The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.

As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office turbulent Mediaeval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with it's impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.

Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular, being an important crop.

Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office Caravaca is renown for it´s important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.

Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and borders with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Granada and Almería.

Opening times:
1st October to 31st May
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm

1st June to 30th September.
Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Saturday, 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.
Sunday and bank holiday, 10.30am to 2pm.

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