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The Minister of Culture and the regional government spokesman, Noelia Arroyo, attended today's celebrations of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Caravaca de la Cruz.
This is one of the most important festivals in the region of Murcia and is dedicated to the worship and adoration of the holy relic.
Arroyo, accompanied by the local mayor, José Moreno;
the older sister of the Royal and Illustrious Brotherhood of the Blessed and Vera Cruz, Elisa Giménez-Giron, and the director general of Tourism, Manuel Fernandez Delgado, participated in the climb to the Sanctuary and attended the Mass presided by the Bishop of the Diocese Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, during which crosses the imposition of new brothers was made.
With the Mass and subsequent procession on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross culminate the religious ceremonies of solemn Pentads, which Arroyo attended as a sign of "firm commitment of the Government of the Commonwealth of support the upcoming Jubilee Year of the Veracruz Caravaca 2017 a strategic project of the Region of Murcia ".
Therefore, he said, "we are working on improving the Way of the Cross and we have set up tax incentives that allow companies deducted part of investing in projects linked to this event."
"In order to involve the entire region and all its inhabitants in celebration of the coming Jubilee year, the regional government is preparing a series of cultural activities such as exhibitions and concerts that will help boost the different stages of the path," said the spokesman the regional government.
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Before the celebrations of the Feast of the Cross, the minister and government spokesman attended in the city of Caravaca de la Cruz to the delivery of ten volumes of historical documents from the sixteenth to the twentieth by Colonel chief Civil guard of Murcia, Jesus Arribas.
From now on, these valuable writings form part of the documentary heritage of the Region of Murcia that custody and kept in the Municipal Archives Caravaca.
The material was found in Bullas under "Operation Lignum ', in which the Civil Guard had the collaboration of experts from the Directorate General of Cultural Assets of the Ministry of Culture, and the documents of the ten volumes have They have been guarded, studied and cataloged for three months by archivists of the General Archive of the Region of Murcia.
In this sense, Arroyo said that "today a piece of its history to the people of Caravaca is returned" after months of joint work between the Civil Guard and the Ministry of Culture;
"A new example of collaboration between institutions must maintain and increase to preserve and ensure the maintenance for future generations of our rich cultural and historical heritage".
Among the documents that have now been returned to Caravaca de la Cruz, he highlights a Brief of Pope Clement XIII, dated April 30, 1768 in Rome, by designating the 14th of September each year for the celebration of the Feast of the Cross, and various indulgences.
Source: CARM
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