The Holy Week in Granada

The Semana Santa in Granada is very unique and it is renowned for the simplicity and beauty of its pasos and also for the unique surroundings of the processions.

There are numerous unforgettable moments in the Easter celebrations in which more than 30 brotherhoods (cofradias) participate. Unique settings such as the Albaicín quarter, the Alhambra and the Sacromonte hills fill with processions, religious figures and carvings.

The streets of the Albaicín, so narrow and twisted with their typical cobblestones, give a special setting to some of the processions.

Unforgettable images await the visitor, like those of the procession of El Cristo de los Gitanos. On the night of Holy Wednesday it is the turn of this procession, a spectacular and moving sight thanks to the huge fires lit in the caves of Sacromonte. The procession returns to the home church after midnight by the Carrera del Darro.

On Holy Thursday the procession of the Cristo de Silencio takes place. The silence is only broken by the sound of the drums. Meanwhile, at nightfall on Good Friday the oldest brotherhood of all, the Soledad de San Jerónimo, takes to the streets in a thrilling procession in which real people represent historical figures from the Bible.

Easter week is one of the most heartfelt and deep-rooted fiestas celebrated in Andalusia, Southern Spain. This commemoration has centuries of history and tradition, remembering the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The streets of the majority of Andalusian cities, towns and villages such as Malaga, Ronda, Cordoba or Seville become the stage for religious devotion, combining grief and meditation in memory of Christ's death. Music, art and colour come together in magical processions - solemn parades in which crowds of people accompany religious images on their route through the streets.

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