The traditional Bethlehem City will be inaugurated as every year during the Christmas season this Sunday, December 20 at the Municipal Exhibition Hall "Gregorio Cebrián" located in the Plaza Balsa Vieja, where it will remain open until January 6.
The opening of the Bethlehem City will be held at 12:45 am in City Hall Exhibitions "Gregorio Cebrián" by the municipal authorities, and will be enlivened by the performance of the choir "Vox Musicalis" which will delight present a broad musical repertoire.
In preparation for this staging, which has been prepared by Peter Navarro Diaz, who is renewed each year with some moving scenes, have spent more than two months of work, and this year renewed its image with more than 400 figures and cave , which has been made in stone, among various other things.
The crib has an area exceeding 90 square meters and has a total of 12 scenes.
Contains over 400 figures and among the highlights include the passages Herod Castle and the Cave, which has been comprehensively renovated.
The author of the Bethlehem Municipal, Pedro Navarro, has reported that in preparing this crib has been used, among other materials, about 6,000 kilograms of land, more than 6,000 pounds of stone and 25 plates of 3 inches thick and six feet long , a dozen 5-inch thick, and 10 plates of 10 cm thick.
The Bethlehem City will remain open until January 6, noon to two in the afternoon and evening five to nine in the evening.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: archivo Totana.com