Benamaurel, Cúllar y Zújar

Moors and Christians

During the final weekend of April, Benamaurel, Cúllar and Zújar celebrate magnificent Moors and Christians festivities in honour of the Virgen de la Cabeza, whose devotion has extended across the Altiplano from Sierra Morena to Jaén, after these lands were repopulated by settlers at different moments in history.

These festivities re-enact the kidnapping of the Virgin by the Moorish armies and her subsequent rescue by the Christians, based on a literary text entitled "Los Papeles" (The Papers). It has been claimed that the Altiplano’s festive celebrations are the most valuable in literary terms of all those held in Spain.