Moors and Christians 2018

During Feria of Murcia (please, for more info visit label) it is also holding Moors and Christians Fest.
A little bit of History:
"During the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, in 713 they reached the lands of Tudmir (Visigoth territory ruled by King Theodomyr). Abd al-Azid signed a pact with Teodomiro: Tudmir was neither an independent principality, nor a land subject to the direct authority of the Arab governors, but was a land under the authority of the Visigothic king, but exercised in the name of the wali ( governor), appointed by Damascus to govern the destinies of Al-Andalus. This autonomy would continue with his successor Atanagildo. Then it would become an Islamic province dependent on Córdoba, losing its special status.
It is the first Muslim document of the current region of Murcia and is considered the act of constitution of the Kingdom of Murcia and the first recognition of its political unity.
On July 25, 825, Emir Abd al-Rahman II, in order to pacify the territory, enhance development and strengthen its authority, established a new capital in a small rise on the banks of the Segura River: the Medina was born Mursiya. (The origins would go back to a Roman villae called Murtia).
After the crisis and disappearance of the Caliphate of Cordoba in the year 1031, political and social instability is spread by Tudmir. In this context the Kingdom of Murcia is born, from a taifa around the Muslim city of Murcia. That kingdom included the current province of Albacete and part of the province of Almeria.
in 1243, the territory of Murcia was submitted to the protectorate of the Castilian King Ferdinand III". (Source: regmurcia.com)

Picture: near City Hall, swords.