It’s almost time for this years Moros and Christians celebrations. It starts in Vera on Friday 9th June at 20.00.
It is a celebration of their Patron Saint’s Festivities in honor of the Virgin of the Angustias, Vera revives the tradition of the Moors and Christians, with an act that represents the capitulation of the city, occurred In the year 1488.
In recent years, the tradition of Moorish and Christian Festivals in Vera has been revived and the Town Hall have wanted to turn this particular celebration into an important tourist attraction with its presentation at Fitur 2017.
The event was presented at the stand of ‘Costa de Almería’, with the presence of Isabel Maria de Haro, Councilor of Culture of Vera, Gabriel Amat, President of the Provincial Delegation, Alfredo Valdivia, territorial delegate of Culture and Tourism, and Members of the Association of Moors and Christians of the municipality.
The secretary of this association, Pedro Soler, explained that the recreations of the capitulations “are historical events that occurred in a similar way throughout the Almerian Levant and other points of the province of Almeria, when the Moors gave to the Christians, peacefully, the keys of their cities, just as it happened in Granada. ”
Soler has asked the administrations to collaborate with events of this type, which “recover the traditions of the towns and their historical and cultural heritage”, with the aim of “converting the month of June, to the month of the Moors and Christians in the Levante Almeria “.
