Holy Week in Cuenca is one of the most important
traditional events of the city and also one of the most important Holy
Week in Spain.
It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy
Week among Christians), and is one of the better known religious events
within Spain. This week features the procession of pasos, floats of
lifelike wooden sculptures of individual scenes of the events of the
Passion, or images of the Virgin Mary showing restrained grief for the
torture and killing of her Son.
During Holy Week, the city is crowded with residents and
visitors, drawn by the spectacle and atmosphere.
The processions take place from Palm Sunday to Easter morning.
The climax of the week is the night of Holy Thursday, when the Jesús del
Salvador goes out preceded of the turbas.
Other important processions are the holy Wednesday, known as
the night of the olive trees, and the one of the midday of the Good Friday, in
which they parade the Cristo de la Luz and La Lanzada.
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