Moratalla is a small town and the center of a large municipality of the same name in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain.

It is chiefly a mountainous and comparatively cool territory (with regard to the region), snow being frequent in the highest zones (Revolcadores, 2,015 m or 6,611 ft) and cold valleys (Campo de San Juan, El Sabinar).

[8] Francis, Duke of Cádiz (13 May 1822 – 17 April 1902), king consort of Spain, adopted the incognito title of Count of Moratalla after his exile to France in 1868.

[15] During the Holy Week, there is a traditional tamborada, a collective drumming performance in what is known as the Drummers Festival ("Fiestas del Tambor de Moratalla"), which can last all day long thrice (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday).

A unique aspect of Moratalla's Holy Week is that every tamborista (snare drummer) dresses in distinct, handmade robes and for some hoods or capiotes.

[16] The celebration of the Holy Christ of the Thunder takes place in the streets of Moratalla, in which cows and bulls are set free.