Calagurritana Easter Week

Easter Week starts with Mercaforum, a great Roman market that recaptures the atmosphere in the city over 2000 years ago. These days visitors can enjoy parades of Roman legions through the streets, coin-striking workshops, gladiator fights, exhibitions of birds of prey and a multitude of dramatised re-enactments by around 500 actors. ...

Easter Week in Cartagena

The processions take place over ten days and have some unique features, such as the lavish floral decorations on the 'pasos' (the floats bearing the religious images) and the fact that the story of Christ's Passion is represented in chronological order. ...

Easter week in Cordoba

The city of Cordoba celebrates this event with over 30 religious processions whose hallmark is their silence and emotion. Some of these processions are centuries old, and the best-known include 'El Rescatado', which takes to the streets on Palm Sunday; 'El Cristo del Remedio de Ánimas', on Easter Monday; 'Nuestra Señora de la Paz y la ...

Easter Week in Crevillent

A multitude of events fill the town during these days, although the crucial moment in the celebration comes on Good Friday. In the early hours, cornets can be heard playing “dianas”. These melodies are the signal for the start of the day’s processions. ...

Easter in Gandía

Easter week in Granada

On the night of Holy Wednesday it is the turn of the Cristo de los Gitanos, a spectacular and moving sight thanks to the huge fires lit in the caves and homes of Sacromonte. On Holy Thursday the procession of the Cristo de Silencio takes place, the silence broken only by the sound of the drums. ...

Easter Week in Jerez de los Caballeros

During the week you can see processions (parades with religious sculptures) along the streets of the historic centre. It begins on Palm Sunday with the procession of the Borriquita. ...

Easter Week in Jumilla

This is the most important fiesta on the town calendar. It is outstanding for its colour, artistic wealth and for the enthusiasm of the local people. Apart from the numerous processions to be seen in the streets, there are other noteworthy events such as the public enactment of the Arrest of Christ, a theatrical piece that dates back to the ...

Easter Week in León

León’s Easter traditions date from the 16th century. Over 10 days, the 16 hermandades (lay brotherhoods) organise about 30 processions, as well as musical rituals, concerts, and special sermons. Around 16,000 lay brothers take part in these events, which draw huge crowds of locals and visitors. ...

Easter Week in Logroño

One of the most notable processions representing the passion and death of Christ is “La Borriquilla”, celebrated on Palm Sunday. During what is known by the locals as the Semana Mayor (Holy Week), twelve cofradías (church clubs) show off their cultural heritage in the form of “pasos” (floats with religious scenes and sculptures) through the ...

Easter Week in Lorca

This fiesta is also known as the 'Whites and the Blues'. Although there are other fraternities in Lorca, these two are the most important and there is a clear rivalry between them. The grand procession takes place in what is known as 'La Carrera'. ...

Maritime Easter Week in Valencia

The origins of this festivity date back to the 15th century, and Valencia's special relationship with the sea make it a unique adaptation of the typical Easter Week rituals. Over 30 religious brotherhoods and associations, in addition to the municipal authorities, take part in this event. ...