Throughout the day, urban screens broadcast a congratulatory video to neighbors and visitors on October 12
Benidorm rallied arround the Civil Guard on Hispanic Day, the National Festival of Spain
Today, October 12, Benidorm Civil Guard celebrates the festival of its patroness saint, the Virgin of Pilar, the Hispanic Day, and National Festival of Spain with a mass in the parish of La Almudena this noon
Hundreds of neighbors have attended the event to cover the worthy body, among them, the mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez; the Councilor for Citizen Security, Jesús Carrobles, the senator for Alicante, Agustín Almodóbar; the regional deputies, José Ramón González de Zárate and Manuel Pérez Fenoll; and a good part of the municipal corporation.
The religious ceremony was also attended by the lieutenant of the Civil Guard, Manuel Alberto Sánchez; the judge of Benidorm, Joan Francesc Vives; the queens of the Festes Majors Patronals 2023, Angélica Morenilla and Daniela Talavera; the presidents of the Commission and the Penyes Association 'Verge del Sofratge', Vicente Solaz and Ramón Cano; and representatives of local cultural and festive associations.
After the mass, officiated by the parish priest of La Almudena, Pedro Crespo, the members of the body who are no longer among us were honored, poems were read and the anthem of the Civil Guard was performed. Next, at Casa Cuartel, a reception offered by the Civil Guard took place.
El Ayuntamiento felicita a vecinos y visitantes
Por otra parte, con motivo de la celebración del 12 de Octubre, las pantallas de información municipal repartidas por toda la trama urbana, incluido el Tecnohito de la plaza de la Hispanidad y la Tecnoparada de la Avenida del Mediterráneo, están emitiendo durante todo la jornada un vídeo con el que el Ayuntamiento ha querido felicitar a vecinos y visitantes el día de la Fiesta Nacional de España.