Appearance of the Stma. and Side Cross of Caravaca
In the occasion of the Muslim conquest the castle had different transformations. Smoothing the lateral top down the rest of previous cultures dispersed, having the present form.
The miracle of the Appearance de la Cruz goes back to century XIII, towards year 1,227 at time of reconquers of the Kingdom of Murcia by Alfonso X the Wise person, reigning in Valencia a King Moor designated in old Spanish chronicles under the name more or less altered, of Zeit-Abu-Zeit. This king embraced the Christianity as a result of a miracle that happened before its eyes in Caravaca villa of its territory. At those moments the victories of the Christians already made have a feeling the more or less near expulsion of the Moors of the peninsula and between these conversions took place frequent. A Christian priest ventured itself between the sarracenos of the kingdom of Murcia in order to preach the Gospel. Lengthy and lead was before Zeit-Abu-Zeit, that determined to make speak him of the Christian religion. It interrogated it in individual on the sacrifice of the mass, about as the priest gave explanations him that interested the king to such an extent that it wanted that the prisoner immediately undertook his celebration before his eyes. The priest having to his disposition all the necessary objects to this end did not send them to look for the villa of River basin that was in being able of the Christians. But the Cross happened that, that must be on the altar during the celebration of the mass fué forgotten. Without realizing absence of this indispensable object, the priest began the sacrifice of the mass perceiving itself of which the Cross lacked, was absolutely disturbed. The King, who attended with the members of his family and the cut, saw the pale and doubtful priest suddenly becoming. He asked to him that he was happening. - There is no Cross - responded the priest - but - the King said - he will not be that of there. In effect, at that moment the King saw two angels who deposited a Cross on the altar, and he indicated with the finger this wished object. The good priest thanked to God and continued with the joy the celebration of the mass. Before this miraculous event, the King Moor, family and companions resigned to their religion and embraced fé Christian, being baptized, the King with the name of Vicente and her wife received the name of Elena. It was the Cross of four arms that will be recognized like the Cross of Caravaca. The one of 3 of May of 1.231 occurs like date of this prodigy.
One decade later Caravaca to Castile as a result of the
treaty of Alcaraz. is gotten up until the conquest of Granada in the
1,492, Caravaca undergoes frequent incursions by position of border
city with the Muslims.
King Alfonso X the Wise person entrusted the safekeeping of
the strength of Caravaca to the Horsemen of the Sovereign Order of
Temple. In one of the numerous sieges, the water of algibes was
exhausted. Then dangerous horsemen broke the wall of the siege to
obtain water, but they did not find, if they found abundant wine in
warehouses. They filled the pellejos and they returned again breaking
the wall doing entered triunfal the strength, covering the abundant
horses with and valuable mantles. Commemorating this fact, every year
from the 1 to the 5 of May celebrations of Moors, Christians and
Horses of Wine are celebrated rich harnessed.
Caravaca happened at your service of hands of the Order of
Temple of Santiago through mandate of King Alfonso XI. Once finished
it reconquers it, enters a time of peace beginning the location of the
religious orders. Reigning Felipe III Sanctuary is constructed to the
Palace. In the 1,849 Isabel II grants the title of City. In the
medieval old helmet with its narrow and raised streets they are rest
of the wall that kept the city. Being the Church of the Solitude like
archaeological museum. Church of El Salvador, City council, Church of
the Conception. The costrucción of the Palace Sanctuary is of
Renaissance style with facade of century XVIII, done of marbles of the
quarries of the region. To emphasize by its rite, the bath of the Cruz
in the Templete or to bathe, that by tradition in the evening takes
place during the celebrations of May day 3, in which the Cross in
clean and clear waters is submerged that they bathed fertile
territories of the region.
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