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Spanish Infantry Mark Patron's Day Nationwide as Toledo Showcases 175th Anniversary

Rites across bases blended mass, oaths, decorations, tributes, parades to reaffirm unit identity.

Imagen de la parada militar celebrada este lunes en la Base de Cerro Muriano en Córdoba
Desfile militar con motivo de la Patrona del Arma de Infantería, la Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción
Un momento de la ceremonia en la base General Morillo

Overview

  • At the Toledo Infantry Academy, Gen. Javier Antonio Miragaya presided over a ceremony with more than 1,000 attendees, 30 decorations, oath renewals, and a foot and motorized parade featuring OT-64 SKOT vehicles and Leopard 2A4 tanks.
  • The Toledo observance doubled as the Academy’s 175th anniversary commemoration, drawing national, regional and local authorities including Milagros Tolón, Paco Núñez and Mayor Carlos Velázquez.
  • In Pontevedra, Brilat held mass and a full military act presided by Gen. Marcial González Prada, with decorations, homage to the fallen and a march-past, on the eve of Andrés González Alvarado’s formal takeover of the brigade set for Tuesday.
  • The Cabo Noval garrison in Siero, Asturias, marked the day with a ceremony led by Gen. Santiago Juan Fernández Ortiz-Repiso involving battalions San Quintín I/3 and Toledo II/3.
  • At Cerro Muriano near Córdoba, the ‘Guzmán el Bueno’ X brigade staged a parade overseen by Col. Manuel Navarro with more than a thousand guests, award presentations and a tribute to the fallen.