SEMANA SANTA MADRID

April 14, 2022 00:13:27
SEMANA SANTA MADRID
Brian's Spain Domain
SEMANA SANTA MADRID

Apr 14 2022 | 00:13:27

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Show Notes

Processions are a ubiquitous image of Semana Santa in Spain, as hundreds of towns and cities celebrate Holy Week. The most famous are generally down in Andalusia (Seville, Malaga, Cordoba, etc) or up north (Valladolid, Zamora, etc.). Madrid has an old tradition of processions, but the custom had largely disappeared up until recently. In the […]

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