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The San Pedro Alcántara fair bids farewell with the procession of the Patron Saint

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The solemn mass at the parish church and the subsequent procession through the streets of San Pedro Alcántara, a locality in the municipality of Marbella, brought the fair to a close on Monday, October 19, with residents and visitors accompanying the image of the Patron Saint.

Redacción · Published on October 21, 2026 at 13:20

The San Pedro Alcántara fair, a locality in the municipality of Marbella, closed on Monday, October 19 with the events in honour of the Patron Saint. The day began with the solemn mass at the parish church and continued with the procession of the image through the streets, which brought together numerous residents and visitors.

A religious closing

The religious events marked the main day of the fair, which ended with this celebration. The mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, stressed «the roots of a festivity that has great significance for all the people of San Pedro and that culminates a very intense, safe and participatory fair».

The previous services

The portal reported on October 16 that the services to the patron saint had begun on Sunday 18 with a Eucharist and the reading of his passing at the parish church, according to the Diócesis de Málaga, and that the feast-day mass and the procession were scheduled for Monday 19.

A fair with prior preparations

The portal reported on October 13 that the fair had started with the opening of the La Caridad fairground, a space of 83,000 square metres with more than twenty casetas, 4,000 parking spaces and 500,000 LED lights. On October 14, the portal reported that the mayor had inaugurated the Feria de Día and that the security operation had more than 200 officers daily and around thirty cameras at strategic points in the grounds. San Pedro Alcántara is a locality in the municipality of Marbella, in the province of Málaga, whose origin dates back to the Colonia Agrícola founded in 1860 by Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha, according to the information available about the locality.

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