Festival Medieval Elx 2007

from 19th to 1st of October 2007

Every year the Medieval Festival of Elche involves the city in the mistic and sounds of remote times. International artists bring through music, theatre and parallel activities the opportunity to encounter the past.

Organized by:

Información Turistica Elx

Festival's History

2nd Edition

In 1992, also under the direction of Mr. Luis Quirante, Elx began to find a place among the national festivals with a distinctive seal: A themed Festival with a scholarly research vocation, bringing in, at the same time, new activities such as exhibitions and conferences. During the Festival the journal “Festa d’Elx” was presented and we had many more performances such as the spectacle “Cette année, là” by “Les Plasticiens Volants” or “Nit Màgica” by Xarxa Teatre.

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The Labyrinth of Arcadia, Bastoners, “Montserrat” choir and musicians from Teresa. Euicharistic Congress Square. 3/10/1992.

This second edition also had an original exhibition of Mexican pre-Hispanic masks. The seminar versed mainly of cultural events in the Middle Age territories under Catalan influence.

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Assumption Choir and Orthodox Liturgy (Moscow Orthodox Church). Basilica de Santa Maria. Elx. 31/10/92

Especiales

Misteri d'Elx World Heritage

Misterid'Elx

The Misteri d’Elx, the most genuine cultural event in town, is a medieval sung drama that has been distinguished as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Immaterial World Heritage List of the UNESCO in the year 2001.l

Discover Elx

Misterid'Elx

Elx is situated in the south of Valencia (Spain). It has an intense history reaching back to more than five thousand years. Doubtlessly, the city’s distant past symbol is the Dama d’Elx, a sculpture of a lady dated in the IV century BC, regarded by scholars as a masterpiece of Iberian art. On the other hand, the Palm Groves are the most outstanding feature of the city’s Hispanic-Muslim heritage