Festival in Miranda de Ebro, Castile and León, Spain
Parade in 2007
Saint John of the Mountain Festival is a festival in the town of Miranda de Ebro in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It is celebrated on the Monday of Pentecost[1] and held in the Monte de San Juan. It is the second most important romeria in Spain behind El Rocío.
It is an ancestral party whose first documentary references date from the 14th century. In 2015, they were declared Festivities of National Tourist Interest,[2] a rank already achieved in 1975, but lost in later years due to administrative issues. Since 1996 holds the title of Fiesta of Tourist Interest of Castilla y León by the regional government.[3]
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^"San Juan del Monte ya es de Interés Turístico Nacional" (27 de mayo ed.). Miranda de Ebro, España: Siete Semanal. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^"BOCYL. ORDEN de 25 de septiembre de 1996, de la Consejería de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, por la que se procede a la incorporación de oficio en el Registro Especial de "Fiestas de Interés Turístico de Castilla y León" de las denominadas por la normativa estatal como "Fiestas de Interés Turístico" en el ámbito de esta Comunidad Autónoma" (PDF).
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