General Map

Cascamorras Fountain
Declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest in June 2006, shared with the neighbouring city of Guadix, it undoubtedly belongs to that group of fiestas, of Marian origin, which arose from the 16th century onwards to counteract the survival of Moorish religious practices, which over the course of time (more than 500 years old) have become a popular tradition and a cultural value.The celebration of this festival has become an important tourist attraction that is held every year on 6 September, marking the beginning of the Feria y Fiestas de Baza.The central motif of this fiesta is the Cascamorras, a character dressed in a jester's or harlequin costume, reminiscent of the mason from Guadix who supposedly found the image, who returns to Baza every year with the intention of recovering the Virgen de la Piedad, which is kept in the Baroque chapel in the church of the convent of La Merced, to take it to Guadix, and to get the image the Cascamorras must arrive clean at the convent. But on the journey, which starts at the spot known as "Las Arrodeas", on the old medieval road that linked the two cities, which takes him to the convent, a journey of about three kilometres, the people of Baza welcome him with paint and dyes, so that he cannot reach the convent clean, a necessary condition for him to take the Virgin, a tradition with deep religious roots that keeps the two cities in a perpetual "friendly dispute".


























































































































































































































































