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

4th Edition

In the 1996 edition the programme offers more street performances and spaces in different urban areas: the cloister of Saint Joseph church and the Palace of Altamira. Besides, a wider participation of the people of Elx that had already been actively present in all the spectacles offered.

“La Danza de la Muerte” (fragmentos escénicos basados en el códice de El Escorial). Plaza del Congreso Eucarístico y Palacio de Altamira 30/10/1996.

Recreation of farces and tragedies by Teatro Cero and La Maschera Teatro: the Ca¡ntigas de Santa Mari a del Rey Alfonso X; the Orthodox Ritual Chants; the Santandonada of la Todolella; the Almoga vers performance, the puppeteers of Binafar, again Xarxa Teatre with Ve les i Vents…

“La Santantonada de la Todolella”. Plaza del Congreso Eucarístico 1/11/1996

Especiales

Misteri d'Elx World Heritage

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

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