Semana Santa

Throughout Spain, the main feature of this week is the procession of floats from each parish through the streets into the main church or cathedral and back to their home base.
In Cordova alone I counted 55, although I certainly didn't see all of them. The
Parroqui de Santiago Apostol carried a 1975 work by Luis Alvarez Duarte of Mary at the foot of the cross for the shortest time of 4 hours. At the other extreme the Parroquia San Antonio Maria Claret carried their float, a 19th C anonymous work of Christ on the cross with Mary at the foot, for 10 1/2 hours starting at 17:30 and finishing at 04:00 the next morning. The Iglesia Conventual de San Augustin claims to have commenced their processions in 1558. Although there are a few who claim to have been founded in that century and re-constituted in the early 20th C, the majority have origins in the latter half of the last century, up to the youngest, (Parroquia San Vivente Ferrer,) in 2006.Read more