· VIII Nativity Scene Route of Villaviciosa
The inauguration is on Saturday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m., at the headquarters of the José Cardín Fernández Foundation.
The route can be visited every day from 12 to 14 and from 17 to 20 hours until January 5, 2024 (except Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve afternoons).
Nativity scenes exhibited in the José Cardín Fernández Foundation, in the Casa de los Hevia, in the convent of the Purísima Concepción, in the parish church of Santa María, Holy Week Museum and Plaza de Abastos.
In the first of the venues you can see the creation of Nicolás Rodríguez known as El Belén de la Oliva.
The Hevia House, the second stop on the Route, hosts the artisan Nativity Scene of the Raitana Association of People with Disabilities, the Children's Nativity Scene, made by Sergio Cardín and the novelty of the school Nativity Scenes from the San Rafael School.
For his part, Ovidio Vecino is responsible for the one displayed in the Parish and the Poor Clare nuns themselves are in charge of celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ with their Nativity Scene.
At the Holy Week Museum you will enjoy a Neapolitan nativity scene and, finally, the large Hebrew Nativity scene in the Plaza de Abastos, the creation of the Oviedo Nativity Scene Association.
A basket of sweets, donated by the Poor Clare nuns, and with the collaboration of Acosevi, will be raffled again among participants who complete the route by stamping the corresponding ticket at the 6 locations. Each headquarters will have a ballot box to deposit the cards.
· IV Christmas Decoration Contest
The Villaviciosa City Council organizes with the collaboration of the Association of Self-Employed, Traders and Services of Villaviciosa (ACOSEVI) the IV Christmas Decoration Competition of the Villaviciosa Council 2023.
