What to See
Church of La Purísima
The church of La Purísima is placed in the Square of the Town hall, it was erected in independent parish in the year 1693 by the Bishop D. Antonio Sauches, segregated of Guardamar ones, dedicating it from this date to the Purísima Concepción. Inside the Temple the majestic images of Ntra. Sra. Del Rosario San Roque and a former picture of the Adoration of the Shepherds of unknown author catches our attention.
Ermita San Roque
Ubicada en el área recreativa del Soto del Río, fue construida en 2005 como muestra de la devoción del pueblo de Formentera del Segura a su Santo Patrón San Roque.
La ermita permanece todo el año cerrada y abre sus puertas a mitad de agosto cuando gran parte de la población se desplaza hasta allí en Romeria, para venerar a San Roque.
Goza de un entorno privilegiado, rodeada de naturaleza.
Hydraulic Mill
The Hydraulic Flour-Mill of Formentera del Segura was constructed in the 18th century and restored recently. It is located at the foot of the Río Segura, next to the dam and the watermill.
It is placed in the Neighbourhood El Pantano, you can accessed through the Way of the Marsh. It is a former flour mill belonging to a system utilization of the waters of the Rio Segura. The Mill is part of a hydraulic complex isolated with regard to the urban concentrated occupation. The hydraulic complex is the dam and the Mill of Formentera restored in the year 2000 and Benijófar's watermill. It is planed starting inside of an ethnographic museum. Ethnographic Interest (1994).
Ceramic Panel of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
It is placed in the Neighbourhood La Fábrica, n º 28. You can accede from the road CV-906 that joins Formentera del Segura with Almoradí.
The iconography of the panel represents Jesus, from the waist up, in attitude of showing the Heart on his chest. The border is formed by a frame with moulding of a picture realized with flat tile. It is a glazed ceramics on one side only which has no inscriptions.
The altarpiece has a vertical rectangular format; which dimensions is 80 x 60 cm. It has a total of 12 pieces, being the size of each 20 cm. The panel is located in the front of the house, just above the front door.
The house is placed in one of the principal paths of the garden of the town. It deals with a particular devotion, the veneration to the Heart of Jesus spread principally in the beginnings of the 20th century. It was catalogued in the Inventory of Real estate of Ethnology of the Consellería de Cultura.
The Craft and Commercial Market
The craft and commercial market is celebrated in the middle of July in the Groves of the Rio Segura(close to the Hydraulic Mill you get through the way of the Marsh. It is a handcrafted and commercial street market surrounded with a lot of activities like camping rough, exhibitions, theatre, gastronomic tasting, choirs and traditional dances, singings of auroros, musical performances, demonstrations of grinding in the Flour Mill, etc.
Day of the Bicycle
The day of the bicycle is celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of May and consists of the organization of a tour for the whole Traditional Garden of the town. This way, this act derived from the spirit of brotherhood that dominates the municipality, turns into a playful and festive activity characterized by the massive civil participation (from children up to grandparents) and where, besides the tour in bicycle, there is carried out a popular luncheon, the gift of commemorative T-shirt and the drawing of a bicycle.
Formentera del Segura Speed Trophy urban circuit
The 'Speed Trophy' takes place in August when we will have the opportunity to enjoy motorbike races all around the streets of the area. All different categories 80cc, 250cc, Clasicas and Supermotard will take a part. Finally, people will be able to stay for the popular gathering at the Natural Park el Molino after the race. There will be mucic and a paella offered by the local authorities and businesses in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere.
Holy Week
The celebrations are common to other parishes so therefore we will only record the aspects that are most appropriate to the place.
On Good Friday, after the trades, we pray the Way of the Cross in the Walk, using, commonly a life-size crucifix. Some years have taken place this service on Maundy Thursday at night, beginning and ending the tour at the Eucharistic Monument.
The Holy at night, during the singing of Gloria in the Easter Vigil, shots are thrown by shotguns in the surroundings of the Church to celebrate Christ's resurrection.
The only procession strictly speaking of the Holy Week takes place on Easter Sunday in the morning, with the Meeting. The women go out of the Church following the image of the Patron Saint, the Purísima Concepción, then Blessed Sacrament goes out under a canopy accompanied by men. The Meeting takes place in the Walk after the moved recognition that the Mother does of the Son, a role that a male assumes principally with a series of gestures and that is a carrier of an allusive flag.
More InformationAuction and San Roque's Bid
It is a popular custom that takes part of the Christmas holidays that it deals with the adoration to "San Roque" for all the streets of the town and later to there be carried out the auction of all the donations realized to the saint in order to collect money for the maintenance of San Roque's Confraternity ". In addition, whenever the saint returns to the church there is a bit where the highest of them is the one that receives the right to put the saint in the church and which collection joins the previous one.
All Fool’s Day
It is the recovery of a popular custom that disappeared in 1.964 and it was going out to ask for the "bonus" during the Christmas holidays. Not only for children but for diverse "bunch" that under the dedication of a Saint, were going out for the villages and the Garden to ask for the persons or families with social needs.
Patronal Feast
It deals with the local public holidays in honour of their Patron Saint San Miguel and San Roque taking place in the last two weeks of August in the main urban city and the first week of September in the neighbourhood of Los Palacios. It is a holiday marked by a range of cultural, religious, musical, sports activities, etc.; between which we can stand out, for example, the popular verbenas, the parade of coaches, the gastronomic tasting, concerts, the heifer, recovery of historical traditions (grindings flours, all fool’s day), popular games (piqué and caliche), …
San Roque's procession starts at La Purisima's church and finishes at San Roque's shrine (Parque Natural El Molino) where a country mass will be held. All through the day, there will be paella competitions, traditional games and finally, the saint will be taken back to the village's church.ionales y por ultimo se regresa a la Iglesia Parroquial con la imagen de San Roque.
The next day, there will be a street mucic band that will go over the streets of the village, collecting and accompanying the representatives of different associations and all those taking part in the tradicitional Ribbon Race at the Town Hall square.
May’s Festivities
Son las fiestas dedicadas a la Patrona del municipio, la Inmaculada Concepción que tienen lugar el último fin de semana de mayo. Éstas se caracterizan por un marcado carácter religioso, destacando fundamentalmente la misa y procesión en honor a la Patrona. Además, estos actos también se complementan todos los años con toda una serie de manifestaciones deportivas, históricas y culturales (teatro, manualidades, etc.)
Christmas Holidays
Every year during the holidays, the town puts in motion a cultural program to celebrate so notable dates. Thus, we can emphasize activities like the procession of the Three Wise Men, the local Nativity scene, performances of the local music band, films, religious acts with its traditional Christmas carols and popular songs, etc..
Half Year Festive
In February it is celebrated the half year festive. Where the members of festive circles parade through the streets of the village accompanied by a musical brass band to finish in the walk where they celebrate a great food with wine, music and good environment.
Before the Discomóvil and the march, every group was presented by the Councilman of Holidays with a commemorative plaque of the celebration of our half- year festive.