Pilar de la Horadada

Pilar de la Horadada is a town and district within the Province of Alicante, within the southeast of Spain. Located 66 km south of Alicante, the metropolis is the southernmost of the Valencian Community, best 1 km north of the nearby border with the Province of Murcia The town and its neighbouring villages Pinar de Campoverde and Torre de la Horadada are home to hundreds of British, German and Northern European expatriates. San Javier Airport Murcia is inside close proximity. Parish Church of "Nuestra Senora del Pilar", within the centre of the town.

It changed into constructed in 1986 on the equal web site as its predecessor. The bell tower of the authentic shape stands to at the moment. Its advocation is to the Blessed Virgin Virgen del Pilar. In the constructing there are plenty of examples of non secular artwork, specially works from the local artists José María Sánchez Lozano and Manuel Ribera Girona. Festivals in honour of the Blessed Virgin: from 29 September till 30 October. The Floral Tribute eleven October is one of the highlights alongside the 12th with the Solemn Mass, the procession and "Las carrozas" 1 week later.

Summer gala's: 30 July - Independence from the Orihuela Council 1986. The town has been the website of many battles because of its location on the ancient frontier between two kingdoms: the Kingdom of Murcia Castilla and the Kingdom of Valencia. Pilar de l. A. Horadada became a city with dry farms and few houses called Campo de la Horadada. After diverse centuries of agricultural economic system, its tourism step forward got here with its independence from the Orihuela municipal district in 1986.