San Pedro del Barco Day in Spain
San Pedro del Barco Day in Spain is held on August 12. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. Help us
El Barco de Ávila is a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is part of the region of El Barco de Ávila-Piedrahíta, and is located in the valley of the Tormes. It is the head of the natural region of Alto Tormes. It belongs to the judicial district of Piedrahíta.
August 12 is the feast of San Pedro del Barco, patron saint of the town, and three days of festivities are celebrated around this date, which vary according to the coincidence of the calendar trying to approach the weekend. Among the proposals of the festive program are the children's activities and nightly dances in the Plaza de las Acacias.
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