Legend of the Holy Cross Legend has it that, many years ago, some peasants found a box with wooden splinters in the shape of a cross in Mahoya while they were collecting water from the main irrigation channel of the river Chícamo. Surprised, they took it to the Church...
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...
