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The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, received the mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, and a delegation from the municipality of Alicante, made up of more than 200 pilgrims who are making the road to Caravaca de la Cruz Of the Jubilee Year.
"You will travel along the Levante Road, the stretch that begins in Orihuela and ends in the highlands of the north-west of Murcia, at the top of Vera Cruz de Caravaca.
You are going to walk a historical path through which St. Teresa of Jesus, St. John of the Cross, and thousands and thousands of pilgrims from all over the world have passed through the centuries, "said José Ballesta.
"When you go through those 120 kilometers that you have already begun and pass through those ten municipalities, look at the highest of villages like Mula, Cehegín or Caravaca will find a castle, because it was a land of borders, crossroads and a crossroads of civilizations.
Your land and ours have always been at the crossroads of different religions, ideas and cultures.
Both towns, Murcia and Orihuela, we are children of the Vega Baja, "said the mayor.
In addition, José Ballesta wanted to deepen the historical, geographical and cultural connections between both peoples: "The river Thader, the white river that unites us, the uses and customs of the Huerta, our irrigation systems, the cantonal stage of both cities, The torrid droughts and the contumaces avenidas of the river like that one of Santa Teresa that ravaged Murcia and Orihuela and killed thousands of huertanos ".
The pilgrims received a facsimile copy of the Privilegio Rodado that King Alfonso X the Wise granted to the city of Murcia 750 years ago and they went to the points of seal of the credential of the Road, before continuing his march towards Alguazas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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