Cross Festival

THE festival called Las Cruces de Mayo (the Crosses of May) takes place in Cartagena from May 5 until May 7.

The festival is more like a competition where each of the businesses or family groups construct and decorate large crosses made of beautiful flowers. Alongside this celebration, the town hall of Cartagena has arranged lots of events on different stages constructed around the city in plazas

San Francisco, Icue, Juan XXIII, del Rey, en los Juncos, La Cuesta de la Baronesa and finally the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

During the celebration, there will be 11 concerts including Filiu y Cia, well known for his time on the TV show Operacion Triunfo.

The feast of the crosses is celebrated in lots of other towns and cities not just throughout Spain but in South America also.