The DAY OF THE CROSS in Granada, also known as the Holy Cross festival, is held on May the 3rd.
Origin of The Day of the Cross
The origin is found in 1625, when neighbours of San Lázaro set up an alabaster cross and sang and danced around it. Over the years, it became a tradition. Little by little similar crosses were placed in other old quarters. In some of them, such as ‘Albaicín’ and ‘Realejo’, it was the children who placed small altars with crosses, adding pottery and copper objects as decoration.
