Turisme d’Elx :: Fiestas
Easter Monday and the Monday of San Vicente
Easter Monday and the Monday of San Vicente
Date: The Mondays following Easter Sunday
These festivities are traditionally called the first and second “lunes de mona”. The people of Elche spend the day at the beach or in the country, the traditional lunch being a “mona” – a type of “fogasseta”, or round brioche-type pastry and with a hard-boiled egg in the middle. The second lunes de mona is also the fiesta of San Vicente Ferrer which is celebrated with religious offices in the parish that bears his name.
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Mystery Play d’Elx
A lyrical medieval drama, declared a Masterpiece of World Oral and Intangible Heritage by UNESCO in 2001.
Elx Palm Grove
Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000, the Palm Grove has over 200,000 palm trees.
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