La Santísima Cruz (The Holy Cross) The Holy Cross is more than a reliquary; it is the patron saint, Perpetual Mayoress of Abanilla and guide of the Christian faith for its neighbours. It is in the shape of a Latin cross and in its centre there are splinters of the...
Parish Church of San José (Saint Joseph) The Parish Church of San José was consecrated in 1712. This temple was under the tutelage of the Order of Calatrava, which administered it until well into the 19th century. This distinguished military and religious order, to...
Welcome to Abanilla! Welcome to Abanilla! Allow me to introduce myself: I am Juan de Cereceda y Carrascosa, former commander of the Order of Calatrava, an order that for four centuries left its mark on this Murcian land. The passage of time has transformed and moulded...
The Director of the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts, Jaume Coll, has catalogued a total of 275 typologies in the pavement; the most important ceramics can be found ‘in situ’ in the noble rooms.Most of the flooring in the gallery, which...
The graffiti should mention Señor don Luis Pardo de la Casta, Lord of Alaquàs from 1589 to 1644, Count of Alaquàs from 1602, and Marquis of la Casta in 1627. It may also refer to his second son, a military man who died in...
