During the month of November, the challenge of the contest La Voluntad de Azorín corresponds to the mosaic located on the façade of the Virgen del Castlillo Museum and Sanctuary.

This month he delivers a batch of wines from Bodega Casa Boquera and some tapas and wines at Restaurante Aurora.

COMPETITORS OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

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Virgen del Castillo Museum and Sanctuary

The building where this Museum is located, next to the Sanctuary of the Castle, served as accommodation for the Franciscans in a convent mode. Following a project by Antonio Martínez Prats, a modern building has been built.

In its exhibition hall, located on the second floor, you can see all kinds of objects related to the festivities. These celebrations, in honor of the Purísima Concepción, are celebrated during the month of December.

In the cloister of the building is exposed the showy and showy float of the Virgin.

VISITING HOURS:

  • Winter: Monday to Sunday: 9: 00-13: 00h 16: 00-18: 00h (Upon request to the guard in charge of the Sanctuary)
  • Summer: Monday to Sunday: 9: 00-13: 00h 16: 00-20: 00h (Upon request to the guard in charge of the Sanctuary)

http://turismo.yecla.es/portfolio/museos/museo-mariano-virgen-del-castillo/

Sanctuary of the Castle

Built in the second half of the 13th century and remodeled and extended in the second half of the 18th century. In the year 1886 it is almost completely reformed, according to the project of the architect Justo Millán Espinosa. The rectangular building of a single nave with semicircular vaults.
Emphasizes the dressing room where the image of the Patron of Yecla, sculpture of the alcoyano Miguel Torregrosa Alonso (1941) is deposited. The Throne on which the image of La Virgen del Castillo is installed is by the Valencian Francisco Teruel (1952). The Altarpiece of Neo-Baroque style is the work of the Lorente brothers (1977). The Chapel of the Holy Christ of the Sepulcher, is octagonal and above it rises a hemispherical dome built in 1956. The image of the reclining Christ is the work of Miguel Torregrosa Alonso (1941) and the urn that contains it is the work of the Yeclano José Villanueva (1942).

http://turismo.yecla.es/portfolio/ruta-cerro-del-castillo/santuario-del-castillo/


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