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«When we launched Mountain Day, some might have thought that we were presumptuously assuming an excessive representation. That was not our intention; We simply thought that Cabezón, the valleys, the mountains and the rivers that surround it, its people, its artisans, its mansions and its old literary tradition, all of this formed a prototypical and passionately mountainous ensemble...»
Don Ambrosio Calzada, in reference to “Mountain Day”
On the second Sunday of August every year for more than fifty editions, a festival called Cantabria Day, formerly Mountain Day, has been celebrated in Cabezón de la Sal, which has been promoted over time.
Born with the idea of dedicating a day to the exaltation of folklore, customs, traditions and ethnographic values of the Cantabrian people, it has become one of the most important festive events in the region.
It is because of the importance that the festival has in the maintenance, promotion and care of the traditions of Cantabria, and because of what it represents in itself, that the State Administration, in a resolution dated October 20 of the Ministry of Tourism, declares the Mountain Day Festival of Tourist Interest.
With the arrival of the autonomy for the region, and remembering that Cabezón de la Sal was the first Cantabrian municipality that claimed autonomy for the region on April 30, 1979, it is recognized by the Government of Cantabria as a Day of Regional Interest.
And Mountain Day, which is now called Cantabria Day, obtains the recognition that arises from Presidential Decree 38/83 of July 19, by which Cantabria Day is declared as the Day of the Cantabrian Region and Festival of Regional Tourist Interest.
The festival is called Mountain Day.
It is declared festival of tourist interest
Autonomy is declared for Cantabria
It is declared a festival of regional tourist
It is declared Regional Day of Cantabria
Cantabria's day
