March 15 to June 15 The Mystery Man in Caravaca exhibition
A study of the Holy Shroud in the former church of the Compañía de Jesús in Caravaca de la Cruz
“The Mystery Man en Caravaca” is one of the major exhibitions being held in the Holy city of Caravaca de la Cruz during the Holy Jubilee Year of 2024, lasting at the Antigua Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús for three months between 15th March and 15th June.
The word “Mystery” in this case refers to the Mystery of Christ, and in particular the Shroud on which his face and features are believed to be represented following the episode in which the cloth was placed on him during the Crucifixion.
Six rooms are devoted to aspects of one of the most important enigmas of western history: who exactly was the man seen in the Holy Shroud? The history of theories and investigation is followed, and a summary is presented of the impact of the relic on the Christian world and on the way Christ is represented in art.
The exhibits end with a hyper-real reconstruction of what the man show non the shroud could have looked like. Is this the face of Jesus?
Admission to the exhibition is priced at 10 euros (8 euros for members of group visits) and the doors are open from 10.00 to 19.00 every day of the week except Sunday (10.00 to 12.00 and 13.30 to 19.00) and last admissions are half an hour before closing time.
Tickets can be purchased at the door or online here.
Further information about Caravaca is available from the tourist office (Plaza de España, 7, telephone 968 702424, email turismo@caravacadelacruz.es).
Or for more local information, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today.
Address
Calle De Las Monjas, 19, 30400 CARAVACA DE LA CRUZTel: 968 702424 / 968 701003
Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and sahres boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
Opening times:
Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
Click for map, Caravaca de la Cruz Tourist Office
