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Lent and Les Velles de Serra
Lent and Les Velles de Serra
Date: March/April
Lent is a forty-day period of penitence to prepare for Easter. A singular tradition takes place on the Wednesday before the fourth Sunday of Lent: the citizens make “velles de serra”, straw-stuffed scarecrows dressed in old clothes that are placed on balconies or in doorways used by their creators to make a critical social comment. In recent years this tradition has been revived and there is now even an organised competition.
2 World Heritages
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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Elche a Conference Destination
Conference Centre Ciutat d‘Elx
This modern building, set in the heart of the Palm Grove, is equipped with all of the necessary infrastructure to answer the growing demand for conferences and conventions.
World Footwear Capital
Elche’s footwear factories produce almost half of the footwear manufactured in Spain today.
A large proportion of their production is exported to EU countries and to the USA.