Portal de San Javier
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Monday December 22 at 20.00 h.
will launch the "Bethlehem of Spain", also known as the Bethlehem municipality of San Javier which is characterized by its dimensions, occupying 520 square meters of the Plaza of Spain, San Javier, where he presided for 39 years Christmas in the town.
Municipal workers now work in the finishing touches to the crib where you place a total of 1,200 figures, some of which are part of the 25 scenes featuring motion which belenístico account all that is exposed to air.
With effective lighting, even some optical effect Nativity San Javier is characterized by its faithful reproduction of the story of the birth of Jesus.
The figures reported are the work of artisans from Murcia, most Griñán Serrano and Jesus, and serve to recreate together with the buildings, also crafts, various scenes from Nazareth, Bethlehem and Egypt.
A mountain range with springs included serves to separate the spaces that are showing in a didactic way the story of Jesus.
The nativity scene shows a rich folkloric setting with gardens, fishing, markets, and crafts of all kinds, among which included pictures of Murcia, a pepper mill.
No shortage of wells to draw water, the horse in the flour mill, or ceramic artisans.
This year he has added some new detail, like a bucket that draws water from a well, a duck who stroll by the river or the redesign of some houses.
The crib of San Javier which every year receives thousands of visitors who can contemplate it for 24 hours a day, began to settle in 1969 by Alfonso Mecca, whose team was José Soler, who took over late first assembly .
Now is your son, José Antonio Soler, in charge of assembling the set belenístico which holds the record for being the largest in Spain and probably Europe, because they are not aware of a nativity scene of this size.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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