Program of Festivities of San Clemente in Lorca

The Fiestas of San Clemente in Lorca last approximately 10 days and culminate on 23 November, the day of San Clemente, a time to enjoy a medieval atmosphere, in keeping with the time when the Christians recovered the city.

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SAN CLEMENTE festivities 2022

From October 21 to November 21

XV TOURNAMENT OF SIGNS "LORCA, CITY OF FRONTERA"
Place: Nova Bar

Saturday 5 November

• 12:30 PM GUIDED VISIT TO THE SANCTUARY OF THE VIRGEN DE LAS HUERTAS AND THE CALIFAL PALACE
  Place: Virgen de las Huertas Sanctuary
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo.
  Prior reservation essential.
  Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es
• 7:00 p.m. PRESENTATION OF THE 2022 SAN CLEMENTE FESTIVITIES POSTER
  Place: Huerto Ruano Mansion
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Biscuit and mistela tasting.

Sunday 6 November

• 12:00 PM FALCONRY IN THE CASTLE OF LORCA
  Place: Castle of Lorca
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo.
  Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es

Saturday November 12

• FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM OPEN DAY TO THE ciuFRONT MEDIEVAL MUSEUM OF LORCA
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
• 12:30 PM GUIDED VISIT TO THE OLD COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAN PATRICIO
  Place: Old Collegiate Church of San Patricio
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo. Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es
• 5:30 PM TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF THE INFANT ALFONSO DE CASTILLA INTO THE CITY OF LORCA
  Place: Departure from the Plaza del Rey Sabio in the Virgen de las
  Orchards, triumphant reception and delivery of the keys to the
  city ​​in the Alameda de la Constitución, end of the route in the Plaza de Calderón.
• 7:00 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PATRON SAINT FESTIVITIES OF SAN CLEMENTE AND PRESENTATION OF DISTINCTIONS “REGNI CLAVIS” AND “REGNI CLAVIS IUVENIS” 2022
  Place: Theater War. Free admission until full capacity Town Crier: Hon. Mr. Fernando López Miras, President of
  the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.
  Regni Clavis: Hon. Mr. D. Diego José Mateos Molina, Mayor of Lorca.
• 9:30 PM DINNER “LORCA, BORDER CITY”
  Venue: Hiroshima Restaurant
  €35 adults and €12 children. Invitations to withdraw at the headquarters of the San Clemente Federation

Sunday November 13

• FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM OPEN DAY TO THE ciuFRONT MEDIEVAL MUSEUM OF LORCA
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
• GUIDED TOUR “MONUMENTAL LORCA AND ITS EMBROIDERY”
  Place: Spain Square
  Organize Tourist Office. Information and reservations at www.lorcaturismo.es FROM 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM YOUTH DAY, SAN CLEMENTE YOUTH ASSOCIATION
  Place: Esplanade of the Medieval Wall of La Merced
  Concert by the Conecta2 band and pan of crumbs with a raffle for the participants.
• 12:00 PM FALCONRY IN THE CASTLE OF LORCA
  Place: Castle of Lorca
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo.
  Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es

Monday, November 14

• 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. COLLECTION OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD AND WARM CLOTHING
  Place: Alameda de la Constitución, next to Mercadona
  Hermandad San Clemente organizes for the benefit of the Spanish Red Cross, Lorca Local Assembly.
• 8:30 p.m. ACT OF ASSIGNMENT OF AN IMAGE UNDER THE ADVOCATION OF THE VIRGEN LAS HUERTAS
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Carving provided by the Waitress of San Clemente, Doña Soledad del Alcázar.
• 9:00 PM CONFERENCE “THE RESTORATION OF THE CREDIT IMAGE OF THE VIRGEN DE LAS HUERTAS”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Speaker: Mariano Spiteri, sculptor and restorer.

Tuesday, November 15

• 8:30 PM CONFERENCE “THE PAST OF SANTA MARÍA LA MAYOR”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Speaker: Enrique S. Pérez Richard, archaeologist and tour guide.

Wednesday, November 16

• 8:30 PM CONFERENCE “A LITURGICAL DRINKOUT: THE FEAST OF PURIM”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Speaker: Diego Sánchez Alcolea, director of the
  International Chair of Jewish Studies (UCAM)

Thursday, November 17

• 8:30 p.m. FLORAL OFFERING TO THE PATRON SAINT SAN CLEMENTE
  Place: Old Collegiate Church of San Patricio
  Free entry until complete seats.

Friday November 18

• 12:00 INAUGURATION OF THE MEDIEVAL MARKET
  Location: Álamo Street, Plaza de España, Santiago Street, Juan II Street and Glorieta de San Vicente
  Hours: 12:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• 10:00 PM CONCERT BY THE FOLK METAL GROUP “CELTIAN”.
  Place: Plaza Arcoiris (former Plaza de Abastos)
  Free entrance, until capacity is completed.

Saturday November 19

• MEDIEVAL MARKET
  Location: Álamo Street, Plaza de España, Santiago Street, Juan II Street and Glorieta de San Vicente
  Hours: Mornings 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  Afternoons 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
  FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. DOORS DAY
  OPEN TO THE CITYFRONT MEDIEVAL MUSEUM OF LORCA
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
• 12:30 PM GUIDED TOUR “LORCA SEPHARDÍ: YESTERDAY AND TODAY”
  Place: Visitor Center, Old Convent of La Merced
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo. Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es
• 4:30 p.m. XLIV CROSS PATRON OF LORCA – XXXVI CLIMB TO THE CASTLE
  Place: Departure from Plaza Calderón and arrival at the Fortress of the Sun (Lorca Castle) Organized by the Department of Sports of Lorca.
• 4:45 p.m. DEPARTURE IN PROCESSION OF THE PATRON SAINT CLEMENTE
  Place: Departure from San Patricio and tour through the Medieval Market through Calle Álamo, Lope Gibert and Príncipe Alfonso until joining the parade in Óvalo
• GUIDED TOUR “THE OLD TOWN OF LORCA”
  Place: Spain Square
  Organize Tourist Office. Information and reservations at www.lorcaturismo.es
• 17.30 H GREAT PARADE STOP OF THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF LORCA YEARS 713 TO 1488
  Place: Juan Carlos I Avenue, from the Oval to the Mansion Huerto Ruano
  Free chairs until full capacity.
  Intervention of the Municipal Music Band of Lorca with the interpretation of the hymn to the Patron Saint San Clemente by D. Antonio Manzanera López. Dance of the Jota lorquina in honor of the Patron Saint, "Long live Lorca who is my People and San Clemente the Patron of him" as the Patron passes through the War Theater. Choirs and Dances Virgen de las Huertas collaborates.
• 8:00 p.m. XVI NATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL “CITY OF THE SUN”
  Location: War Theater
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Organizes Choirs and Dances Virgen de las Huertas.
• 8:00 p.m. PROCESSIONAL COLLECTION OF THE PATRON SAINT CLEMENTE
  Place: Tour of Floridablanca, Lope Gisbert, Álamo and Plaza de España streets with pick-up at the old Collegiate Church of San Patricio. Performance of the group of the Auroros de Lorca, in the Plaza de España. Collaborates Brotherhood of Ntra. Mrs. of the Aurora of Lorca.
• 10:00 PM CONCERT PRESENTATION MOVIDA 80/90
  Place: IFELOR
  Information and ticket sales at https://es-es.facebook.com/movidaochentanoventa.lorcamurcia/

Sunday November 20

• MEDIEVAL MARKET
  Location: Álamo Street, Plaza de España, Santiago Street, Juan II Street and Glorieta de San Vicente
  Hours: Mornings 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  Afternoons 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• 10:00 AM SHOT ON THE PLATE IN HONOR OF SAN CLEMENTE
  Location: Victor Mellado Shooting Range (La Hoya)
  Organizes the Víctor Mellado de la Hoya clay pigeon shooting Association (Lorca)
  FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM OPEN DAY TO THE ciuFRONT MEDIEVAL MUSEUM OF LORCA
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor.
• 12:00 PM FALCONRY IN THE CASTLE OF LORCA
  Place: Castle of Lorca
  Lorca Organizes Taller del Tiempo. Information and reservations at www.lorcatallerdeltiempo.es
• 12:30 PM MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN
  Place: Spain Square
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Organizes Municipal School of Music.

Monday, November 21

• 20:30 PRESENTATION OF AWARDS XV TOURNAMENT OF SIGNS “LORCA, CIUDAD DE FRONTERA”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats.
• 8:45 PM THEATRICAL PIECE “REMEMBER”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor
  Free entry until complete seats. Work of Raúl Rey. PICARETE REY of AENE Theater.
• 9:00 PM CONFERENCE “THE ciuFRONT MUSEUM PROJECT, A REALITY”
  Place: Old Church of Santa María la Mayor.
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Speaker: David Torres del Alcázar, director of ciuFRONT.

Tuesday, November 22

• 7:00 p.m. SOLEMN DELIVERY OF DISTINCTIONS OF THE EXCMO. LORCA CITY COUNCIL
  Place: Margarita Lozano Auditorium (IFELOR)
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Organized by Lorca City Council.
• 8:00 p.m. LITURGY OF THE MIRACLE OF THE CROSS
  Place: Church of San Cristobal
  Free entry until complete seats.
• 8:30 p.m. BATHROOM OF THE CROSS
  Place: Plaza de la Estrella, Barrio de San Cristóbal Representation of the miracle that the Holy Cross of Caravaca worked in Lorca in 1384, with the cessation of the epidemic and the drought.
• 9:00 p.m. RISE OF THE TORCHES TO THE CASTLE OF LORCA
  Place: Departure from Plaza de la Estrella and tour of Puente de la Alberca, Calle Santo Domingo, Calle Lope Gisbert, Calle Álamo, Plaza de España, Church of Santa María and end at the Castle.
  Memory of the Legend of the conquest of the city of Lorca. Tour accompanied by more than 600 sheep and goats.
• 10:30 p.m. CHOCOLATE AND CAKE OF THE NIGHT OF CANDLE IN THE CASTLE
  Place: Castle of Lorca
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Collaborate Federation of Women's Associations of Lorca, FOML.

Wednesday, November 23

• 12.00H FRAUD
  Place: Castle of Lorca, esplanade of the Torre del Espolón Free admission until full capacity is reached. It evokes the fight and legend of the conquest of Lorca, the groups of the Federation stage the taking of the Castle by the Christian Hosts over the Muslim Kabilas.
• 12:30 PM ACT OF CAPITULATION
  Place: Castle of Lorca, esplanade of the parade ground
  Free entry until complete seats.
  The files of History testify that Lorca surrendered to the Hosts of the Infante Don Alfonso de Castilla in 1244. The conditions of that surrender are represented before locals and strangers.
  Performance by the Guerra Theater Company, texts by Joaquín Matheos Ruiz.
• 1:00 p.m. MEDIEVAL TOURNAMENT
  Place: Castle of Lorca, esplanade of the parade ground
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Medieval knights will fight with courage and gallantry for recognition in the skill of the weapons used in medieval times.
• 2:00 p.m. RICE TASTING
  Place: Castle of Lorca, esplanade of the parade ground. Free entry until complete seats.
  Sponsored by Cadena Azul Radio. Donation for the benefit of the Red Cross.
• 6:00 p.m. MASS AND CLAUSTRAL PROCESSION OF THE PATRON SAINT SAN CLEMENTE
  Location: Old Collegiate Church of San Patricio. Free entry until complete seats.
  Extraordinary Regni Clavis 2022: Hon. Mr. D. Fulgencio Gil Jódar

Saturday November 26

• ACT OF THE SAN CLEMENTE YOUTH ASSOCIATION
  Place: Almenara Park Shopping Center
  Free entry until complete seats.

Thursday December 22

• 20.00 HANUKAH IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE CASTLE OF LORCA
  Place: Synagogue Square, Castle of Lorca
  Free entry until complete seats.
  Extraordinary Regni Clavis 2022: Hon. Mr. Francisco Morales González