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Hi everyone,
In addition to Hispartnouveau's words and since Loreena is performing in Lorca, I would like to tell you one of those curiosities about history.
Most of you may have read or heard Loreena saying that "the Celts were more than a mad collection of anarchists from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Rather, they were comprised of a vast collection of tribes from middle and eastern Europe, dating as far back as 500 B.C."
In Spain, the Celts lived in the north and also the upper-middle south-west. However, in the south-east, where I live, the first inhabitants were the Iberians, and the Celts did not live here.
But, surprisingly, there is something in common between the city of Lorca, in the south-east of Spain, and a celtic country, Ireland, and that is Saint Patrick.
In the city of Lorca, there is a church dedicated to St. Patrick and it's called "La Colegiata de San Patricio", XVI-XVIII c. Though St. Patrick never came to Lorca, the reason why this beautiful church was dedicated to him is because on the 17th of March 1452, the Moors were defeated by the Christians in an important battle and pushed back down to southern territories. Not only the people from Lorca fought in that battle but also the people from Murcia.
Not long ago, St. Patrick was the patron saint of the city of Murcia and the 17th of March was a feast day. Nowadays, that has changed.
So, though the south-east is not Celtic is rather ecletic and it is worth a visit.
I hope you have liked it.
Kind regards,
Antonia
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