Sanctuary of la Vera Cruz

In Caravaca the sanctuary of la Vera Cruz is a good representative of the dominant architecturalas style in the Region during the XVII century. The church shows certain influences from El Escorial as well as a framework of balconies and external bay windows in contrast with the sobriety of the internal naves, where the relic of la Santa Cruz is venerated.

The front of the building added one century later, is a magnificent baroque piece carved in red marble from Cehegin. The side cloister includes two sections supported by round arches. Other remarkable examples from this century in Caravaca are the baroque shrine in which the Cruz is bathed every year on May the third. The Town Hall and above the monastery of the order of carmelitas descalzas of rectangular plan and little chapels attached to it, belonging to the Jesuit Order until their expulsion from Spain in 1767.

The simplicity of the façade is a contrast to the rich interior decoration of the church in very typical French style from the second half of the XVIII century. Nearby in Cehegín is the convent of San Esteban, with a remarkable baroque altarpiece dominated by the Virgen de las Maravillas patron saint of the town.

The old Town Council from the XVII century which dominates Constitution square supported on a stretch of what was once the old wall, with its façade in brick and stuccoed plaster.