Caravaca de la Cruz Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town and municipality in Murcia, Spain
About Caravaca de la Cruz
The hills which extend to the north are rich in marble and iron. The town is a considerable industrial centre, with large iron-works, tanneries and paper, chocolate and oil factories. Besides being known by the Christian cross believed to have healing power, it also has a festival in honour of it, held between 1 and 5 May of each year. Along with processions and parades of Moors and Christians, the celebration of Horses of Wine is especially relevant, which now aspires to be the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The Neoclassical painter Rafael Tejeo was born in Caravaca. A gigantic archeological site was found in 2009. It is composed of 1300 graves from 2400 to 1950 BC.
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