San Pedro's church is considered the main parish of Alcantarilla. Before this church
there was another one dedicated to San Sebastian and above it San Pedro's parish was built in c.XVI,
when it was knocked down in 1961.
Parish Church of San Pedro. Lateral aisle.
Parish Church of San Pedro. Lateral aisle.
Facade
Stained glass window
Facade
The stained glass windows in the facade of the church were designed by the painter Mariano Ballester
who was born in Alcantarilla. San Pedro's tiara and two pigeons holding the Eucharist are situated in the center of the
stained glass windows. San Pedro, who was a fisherman, is on the baseboard on the front facade with some people of Alcantarilla.
The High Altar
High altarpiece
High Altar's lateral stained glass windows
Formerly, in the past, the area where the main after of the church parish of "san pedro" in
Alcantarilla is located was a garden, and in the XIX and XVIII centuries. It was a cemetary because the dead were
buried in cemeteries attached to parishes.
In 1961 the church was demolished to build the current, one and the occupied part of the garden to make it bigger
so it could fit more people.
The altarpiece was made by Anastasio Martínez Varcarcel. This altar contains the figure of the biggest Chrost
crucified in Spain, being 7 meters high.
A curious detail is the decoration in relief of family members who paid for part of the altarpiece between the years 1975-1980.
Chapel of our Virgin of Health
Chapel of our Virgin of Health
Our Virgin of Health
The Virgin has been in San Pedro´s Church since 1967.
Before that, it had been in the Convent of the ''Mínimos of San Francisco de Pula'' since 1721, and it was called the
Child Virgin or ''Virgin of the Presentation''. It remained there during the XVIII and XIX centuries until it was moved
in the XX century. When San Pedro's church was built, this move was more appropriate for worshiping of the Virgin,
as the Convent of San Francisco was always closed . At the end of the XVII century, the bubonic plague
invaded Europe and many people died, even in Spain. According to the tradition, the Virgin was taken out in
procession and stopped the plague. In gratitude, she was renamed the Virgin of Health.
Historical microstories
Diario del Beato Andrés
El milagro del Beato Andrés
Francisco Salzillo y Alcaraz
Virgen de la salud
El milagro de la Virgen
La peste
Official journalist Fulgencio Sánchez Riquelme
Official journalist Fulgencio Sánchez Riquelme
IES ALCANTARA HIGH SCHOOL wants to express their gratitude to the actual official journalist in the town of Alcantarilla,
Mr. Fulgencio Sánchez Riquelme. He was the guide who explained us all the information in detail.
Fulgencio Sánchez Riquelme was born in Alcantarilla, in 1951. He's Primary school teacher and he graduated in Philosophy and
Letters, in the Geography's and History's section.
When he was young, he began to colaborate with the press and in some regional magazines such as "Los desaparecidos diarios
línea" and "Hoja del Lunes", making it too in "DIARIO: LA VERDAD". Right now, he's a contributor of "Diario: La opinión de
Murcia"; almost all his jobs have been based in pieces of the regional history and so especially refered to the township of
Alcantarilla, where he has a lot of bibliographic documents.
He's made his teaching in Mazarrón, Sangonera la Seca and in Alcantarilla. From the year 1975, he's been a public servant in
Murcia's university; having right now the Headquarter of the business's service that deals with the publications of that university.
He's an official journalist of Alcantarilla, appointed by the Ilmo. Town hall of the town in 1996.
