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The category of Fiesta of National Tourist Interest in Spain is an honorary designation given to festivals or events held in Spain and that offer real interest from the tourism perspective.

January

**Fiestas during the month of January**
Name	Days	Concession
La Vijanera Silió (Cantabria) This is a winter masquerade or carnival with many similarities to other celebrations that take place throughout Europe since the last week of December to late February. According to some experts its origin has to do with the Upper Paleolithic zoomorphic paintings and has been assimilated mainly features of the Celtic and Roman cultures.^[1]	First Sunday of January, unless this match the new year, then moves to the next	2009
Cavalcade of Magi of Alcoy Alcoy (Alicante)	5
Cavalcade of Magi of Seville Seville (Andalusia) This traditional Cavalcade of Magi is considered the oldest in Andalusia, and has its origin in 1918. Emerged to bring happiness to disadvantaged children and has become an important event full of music, color and fantasy. ^[2]	5
Els Traginers of Igualada Igualada (Barcelona) This popular fiesta of the traginers is the oldest of Catalonia, as it takes place since 1822, in commemoration to Anthony the Great. The main element holding the horse as beast of drag, so it is an endless parade of carts and carriages.^[3]	16-20
Festa de Sant Antoni Abat Sa Pobla (Balearic Islands)	17
Tamborrada of San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa) Originating in the 19th century, the fiesta begins with the raising of the flag that gives way to a whole day of music with drums and barrels through all the streets of the city until it is lowered again the flag.^[4]	20	1981

February

**Fiestas during the month of February**
Name	Days	Concession
Carnival of Villarrobledo Villarrobledo (Albacete)	11 days after Ash Wednesday	2011
Carnival of La Bañeza La Bañeza (Leon)	The 5 days preceding Ash Wednesday and the following Saturday	2011
Carnival of Vilanova i la Geltrú Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)
Carnival of Sitges Sitges (Barcelona)
Carnival of Águilas Águilas (Murcia)		1997
Carnival of Xinzo de Limia Xinzo de Limia (Ourense)
Fiesta de La Vaquilla Colmenar Viejo (Madrid)	2	1986
La Endiablada Almonacid del Marquesado (Cuenca)	1-3	1964
Moros y Cristianos of Bocairent Bocairent (Valencia)		2002
Fiesta de Santa Águeda Zamarramala (Segovia)	8
Els Traginers of Balsareny Balsareny (Barcelona)	14-15
Carnival of Solsona Solsona (Lleida)
Carnival of El Peropalo Villanueva de la Vera (Cáceres)
Carnival del Toro Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca)
Carnival of Santoña Santoña (Cantabria)

March

**Fiestas during the month of March**
Image	Name	Days	Concession
	International Rally of Classic and Vintage Car Sitges (Barcelona)
	Misteri de la Passió of Cervera Cervera (Lleida)
	Drama Sacre de la Passió Ulldecona (Tarragona)
	Misteri de la Passió of Esparreguera Esparreguera (Barcelona)
	El volatín Tudela (Navarra)
	La bajada del ángel Tudela (Navarra)
	Falles of Alzira Alzira (Valencia)	15-19
	La Pasión Callosa de Segura (Alicante)

April

**Fiestas during the month of April**
Image	Name	Days	Concession
	Devallament de Pollença Pollença (Balearic Islands)
	Diada de Sant Jordi Barcelona (Catalonia)	23
	Fiestas de San Marcos. "Toro ensogao" Beas de Segura (Jaén, Andalusia)	22 to 25
	Los Empalaos Valverde de la Vera (Cáceres)
	Festes de Sant Vicent Ferrer La Vall d'Uixó (Castellón)	From the second Monday to the third Sunday of April \|\|
	Feria de Mairena del Alcor Mairena del Alcor (Seville)	Week after to Holy Week
	Fiesta of exaltation of the wine of the zone of Ribeiro Ribadavia (Ourense)
	Fiesta de los Huevos Pintos Pola de Siero (Asturias)	14
	Festa da Lamprea Arbo (Pontevedra)	Penultimate weekend of April
	Fiesta of the Olive Mora (Toledo)	Last weekend of April
	Festas do Cristo Fisterra (A Coruña)	Holy Week
	La Folía San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabria)
	Holy Thursday of Verges Verges (Girona)
	Misteri de la Passió of Moncada Moncada (Valencia)
	Moros y Cristianos of Banyeres de Mariola Banyeres de Mariola (Alicante)	22-25
	Living Easter of Paradela Meis (Pontevedra)
	Pasión de Chinchón Chinchón (Madrid)
	Los Picaos de San Vicente de la Sonsierra San Vicente de la Sonsierra (La Rioja)	Holy Thursday and Friday	2005
	Lunes de Quasimodo Olvera (Cádiz)	Second Monday after Resurrection	2006
	Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza Andújar (Jaén)	Last Sunday of April
	Route of the Drummer and the Bass Albalate del Arzobispo, Alcañiz, Alcorisa, Andorra, Calanda, Híjar, La Puebla de Híjar, Samper de Calanda and Urrea de Gaén (Province of Teruel)
	Holy Week in Alzira Alzira (Valencia)
	Holy Week in Almería Almería (Andalusia)
	Holy Week in Arcos de la Frontera Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz)
	Holy Week in Ávila Ávila (Castile and Leon)
	Holy Week in Baena Baena (Córdoba)
	Holy Week in Baeza Baeza (Jaén)
	Holy Week in Cabra Cabra (Córdoba)
	Holy Week in Cáceres Cáceres (Extremadura)
	Holy Week in Ciudad Real Ciudad Real (Castile-La Mancha)
	Holy Week in Córdoba Córdoba (Andalusia)
	Holy Week in Hellín Hellín (Albacete)
	Holy Week in Crevillent Crevillent (Alicante)
	Holy Week in Estepa Estepa (Seville)
	Holy Week in Ferrol Ferrol (A Coruña)
	Holy Week in Gandia Gandia (Valencia)
	Holy Week in Híjar Híjar (Teruel)
	Holy Week in Huelva Huelva (Andalusia)
	Holy Week in Huércal-Overa Huércal-Overa (Almería)
	Holy Week in Huesca Huesca (Aragon)
	Holy Week in Jaén Jaén (Andalusia)
	Holy Week in Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
	Holy Week in Jumilla Jumilla (Region of Murcia)		2003
	Holy Week in Linares Linares (Jaén)		1998
	Holy Week in Martos Martos (Jaén)
	Holy Week in Medina del Campo Medina del Campo (Valladolid)
File:Cristo del Calvario Mérida.jpg	Holy Week in Mérida Mérida (Badajoz)	From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday	2010
	Holy Week in Mula Mula (Murcia)
	Holy Week in Murcia Murcia (Region of Murcia)
	Holy Week in Ocaña Ocaña (Toledo)
File:Virgen soledad.jpg	Holy Week in Olvera Olvera (Cádiz)		2006
	Holy Week in Palencia Palencia (Castile and Leon)
	Holy Week in Puente Genil Puente Genil (Córdoba)
	Holy Week in Riogordo Riogordo (Málaga)
	Holy Week in Sagunto Sagunto (Valencia)
	Holy Week in Teruel Teruel (Aragon)
	Holy Week in Tobarra Tobarra (Albacete)		1988
	Holy Week in Toledo Toledo (Castile-La Mancha)
	Holy Week in Úbeda Úbeda (Jaén)
	Holy Week in Utrera Utrera (Seville)
	Holy Week Marinera Valencia (Valencian Community)
	Holy Week in Viveiro Viveiro (Lugo)
	Holy Week in Zaragoza Zaragoza (Aragon)
	Mondas Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)

May

From 1 to 6: Fiestas Mayores de Almansa (Moros y Cristianos).^[5]www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com

Moros y Cristianos of Almansa, Embajada Nocturna.

First Sunday of Pentecost, La Caballada of Atienza (Guadalajara).

First Sunday of May, Fiestas Aracelitanas. Lucena (Córdoba). http://www.virgendearaceli.com

First Sunday of May, Pilgrimage of San Benito Abad.El Cerro de Andévalo http://www.sanbenitoelcerro.com

First weekend of May: Day of the Almadía. Burgi (Navarre). http://www.almadiasdenavarra.com

First week of May: Fiesta de las Cruces, Córdoba.

Fiesta of the first Friday of May, in Jaca (Huesca).

1-2. Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella. Navas de San Juan (Jaén).

Fiestas de la Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Fiestas de la Santísima Vera Cruz. Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia).

Fiesta de la Santa Cruz. Feria (Badajoz).

3 al 14. Festival de los Patios Cordobeses. Córdoba

10-15. Fiestas Patronales de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo de la Calzada (La Rioja).

14-18. Fiestas Patronales de Madrid (Fiestas de San Isidro).[1], Madrid.

14-18. Fiestas Hispano-Arabs in honor to Saint Boniface. Petrer (Alicante).

17. Festa de la Llana. Ripoll (Girona).

L'aplec del cargol. (Lleida)

31. Pilgrimage of San Isidro Labrador. Realejo Alto (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).

May 31-June 1. Festa Major de Sant Feliu de Pallerols (Girona).

Last week of May: Feria de Córdoba.

Variable date. Feria de Mayo de Dos Hermanas - Seville

June

La Patum de Berga, fiesta declared a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO

Fiestas de San Juan del Monte. Miranda de Ebro (Burgos).

4-8. Moros y Cristianos of Elda (Alicante).

7. Aplec de la Sardana, Calella (Barcelona).

Pecados y Danzantes de Camuñas (Sins and Dancers of Camuñas), Camuñas (Toledo).

National Pilgrimage of the Gipsies, Santuario de la Virgen de la Sierra, Cabra (Córdoba)

Corpus Christi of Ponteareas (Pontevedra).

Corpus Christi of Villa de Mazo (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).

La Patum, Corpus Christi and next Sunday. Berga (Barcelona).

Corpus Christi of El Colacho, Castrillo de Murcia (Burgos).

Corpus Christi of Sitges (Barcelona).

Corpus Christi. Toledo.

Corpus Christi of Zahara de la Sierra (Cádiz). Octava del Corpus and Pilgrimage of San Isidro. La Orotava (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).

Octava del Corpus. Peñalsordo (Badajoz).

23. Bonfires of Saint John of A Coruña.

21. Dancers of the Octava del Corpus. Valverde de los Arroyos (Guadalajara).

23-29. Fiestas de San Juan. Coria (Cáceres).

24-29. Fiestas de San Juan, San Felices y San Pedro. Haro Wine Festival. Haro (La Rioja).

28-29 Fiestas de San Pedro. Tudela (Navarre)

28. Fiestas de San Juan Bautista. Baños de Cerrato (Palencia).

29. Fiestas de San Pedro. L'Amuravela. Cudillero (Asturias).

30. San Martzialgo alardea. Irun (Gipuzkoa).

Festival of the Medieval Theatre. Hita (Guadalajara).

Last weekend: Pilgrimage to the Hermitage of San Pablo, Camarena de la Sierra (Teruel).

References

^ La Vijanera de Silió
^ Cabalcade of Magi in Seville
^ Els Traginers of Igualada
^ History of the Tamborrada
^ Resolution signed on 4 November 2008 by Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida Ferrando and published in the Official State Bulletin n º 283, dated November 24, 2008.

External links

BOE - Order of 29 September 1987 regulating the declarations of International and National Tourist Interest Effective through June 8, 2006.
Local fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain (secular) Calendar in iCalendar format.

[1] La Vijanera de Silió

[2] Cabalcade of Magi in Seville

[3] Els Traginers of Igualada

[4] History of the Tamborrada

[5] Resolution signed on 4 November 2008 by Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida Ferrando and published in the Official State Bulletin n º 283, dated November 24, 2008.

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 | || <center>'''[[Festa da Lamprea]]'''<br/>[[Arbo]] ([[Province of Pontevedra|Pontevedra]])</center> || <center>Penultimate<br/>weekend<br/> of April</center> || <center></center>
 |-------
-| || <center>'''[[Fiesta of the Olive]]''<br/>[[Mora, Spain|Mora]] ([[Province of Toledo|Toledo]])</center> || <center>Last weekend of April</center> || <center></center>
+| || <center>'''[[Fiesta of the Olive]]'''<br/>[[Mora, Spain|Mora]] ([[Province of Toledo|Toledo]])</center> || <center>Last weekend of April</center> || <center></center>
 |-------
 | || <center>'''[[Holy Week in Fisterra|Festas do Cristo]]'''<br/>[[Fisterra]] ([[Province of de A Coruña|A Coruña]])</center> || <center>Holy<br/> Week</center> || <center></center>
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 == May ==
-From 1 to 6: [[Moros y Cristianos of Almansa|Moros y Cristianos]] of [[Almansa]].<ref>Resolution signed on 4 November 2008 by Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida Ferrando and published in the Official State Bulletin n º 283, dated November 24, 2008.</ref>[http://www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com][[File:Almansa.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Moros y Cristianos of Almansa]], [http://www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com Embajada Nocturna.] ]]
+From 1 to 6:  Fiestas Mayores de [[Almansa]] ([[Moros y Cristianos of Almansa|Moros y Cristianos]]).<ref>Resolution signed on 4 November 2008 by Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida Ferrando and published in the Official State Bulletin n º 283, dated November 24, 2008.</ref>[http://www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com][[File:Almansa.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Moros y Cristianos of Almansa]], [http://www.agrupaciondecomparsas.com Embajada Nocturna.] ]]
 First Sunday of Pentecost, [[Caballada de Atienza|La Caballada]] of [[Atienza]] ([[Province of Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]).
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 Variable date.  Feria de Mayo de [[Dos Hermanas]] - [[Province of Seville|Seville]]
+== June ==
+[[File:Cofradia minerva 03220.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Castrillo de Murcia]] , Brotherhood of [[Minerva]] , festivity of [[Baby jumping|El Colacho]] ]]
+[[File:Patum1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|La [[Patum de Berga]], fiesta declared a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO]]
+[[File:Batalla del Vino - Haro - La Rioja.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Haro Wine Festival]], 2006]]
+[[Fiestas de San Juan del Monte]]. [[Miranda de Ebro]] ([[Province of Burgos|Burgos]]).
+-8. [[Moros y Cristianos of Elda|Moros y Cristianos]] of [[Elda]] ([[Province of Alicante|Alicante]]).
+. Aplec de la Sardana, [[Calella]] ([[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]]).
+[[Pecados y Danzantes de Camuñas]] (Sins and Dancers of Camuñas), [[Camuñas]] ([[Provincia of Toledo|Toledo]]).
+National Pilgrimage of the Gipsies, Santuario de la [[Virgen de la Sierra]], [[Cabra]] ([[Province of Córdoba|Córdoba]])
+Corpus Christi of [[Ponteareas]] ([[Province of Pontevedra|Pontevedra]]).
+Corpus Christi of [[Villa de Mazo]] ([[Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]).
+La [[Patum]], Corpus Christi and next Sunday. [[Berga]] ([[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]]).
+Corpus Christi of [[Baby jumping|El Colacho]], [[Castrillo de Murcia]] ([[Province of Burgos|Burgos]]).
+Corpus Christi of [[Sitges]] ([[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]]).
+[[Procession of the Corpus Christi of Toledo|Corpus Christi]]. [[Toledo]].
+Corpus Christi of [[Zahara de la Sierra]] ([[Province of Cádiz|Cádiz]]).
+Octava del Corpus and Pilgrimage of San Isidro. [[La Orotava]] ([[Province of Tenerife|Santa Cruz de Tenerife]]).
+[[Octava del Corpus]]. [[Peñalsordo]] ([[Province of Badajoz|Badajoz]]).
+. [[Bonfires of Saint John]] of [[A Coruña]].
+. Dancers of the Octava del Corpus. [[Valverde de los Arroyos]] ([[Province of Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]).
+-29. Fiestas de San Juan. [[Coria]] ([[Province de Cáceres|Cáceres]]).
+-29. Fiestas de San Juan, San Felices y San Pedro. [[Haro Wine Festival]]. [[Haro, La Rioja| Haro]] ([[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]).
+-29 Fiestas de San Pedro. [[Tudela]] ([[Navarre]])
+. Fiestas de San Juan Bautista. [[Baños de Cerrato]] ([[Province of Palencia|Palencia]]).
+. Fiestas de San Pedro. [[Fiesta de L'Amuravela|L'Amuravela]]. [[Cudillero]] ([[Asturias]]).
+. [[San Martzialgo alardea]]. [[Irun]] ([[Gipuzkoa]]).
+Festival of the Medieval Theatre. [[Hita]] ([[Province of Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]).
+Last weekend: Pilgrimage to the Hermitage of San Pablo, [[Camarena de la Sierra]] ([[Province of Teruel|Teruel]]).
 ==References==
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 * [http://www.boe.es/g/es/bases_datos/doc.php?coleccion=iberlex&id=1987/24128 BOE - Order of 29 September 1987 regulating the declarations of International and National Tourist Interest] Effective through June 8, 2006.
 * [http://icalshare.com/calendars/4575 Local fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain (secular)] Calendar in [[iCalendar]] format.
+{{Spain topics|state=expanded}}
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