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Santa Faz Pilgrimage

When:
Apr 2010 (annual)  
Where:
Alicante  
Cost:
Free  
Website:
Santa Faz Website (Spanish)  


External sites may not be in English


Every year around 200,000 people walk to the Monasterio de Santa Faz on the second-largest pilgrimage in Spain. Starting at around 8am, the route wends its way along 8km of road from Alicante's town hall to the monastery.

Virgin with the veil. Courtesy of Santafaz.comAlong the way, the people stop for the traditional paraeta, a breakfast of anise rolls and mistela wine.

At the monastery lies the veil with which Veronica dabbed at the bleeding face of Christ as he carried his cross to Calvary.

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