Santa Faz

And here's the email USAC sent us, a rather bland description of the aforementioned Santa Faz Pilgrimage.

For Christians, life is a mere journey. This idea gave rise to the popular event, which involves both enjoyment and religion, where at least one day a year, people walk together to places of worship and devotion, shrines and sanctuaries outside the walls of so many towns and villages, on mass pilgrimages marked by traditions, promises and votive offerings and with displays of folklore and the gastronomy typical of each place. Out of the great number of pilgrimages in Spain we can highlight that of La Santa Faz de Alicante (more than 250.000 pilgrims walk in this pilgrimage).
This church, situated just 3 miles away from the town centre, is the pilgrimage church where the Saint Faz relic is kept and that is why every year thousands of people go from Alicante to and share their faith. The building has a pyramid shaped dome and is part of the baroque style. There is kept a part of the fabric with which Veronica cleaned Jesus face and that was brought to Alicante from the Vatican in 1489 as part of a pilgrimage.