Semana Santa, Granada and Seville Semana Santa has a week of deeply moving processions of brotherhoods celebrating the glory of Christ and re-enacting the stations of the cross. It takes place during the holy week of Easter in many towns and villages of Spain, with Grenada and Seville being prominent centres. Nevertheless it should be emphasised that two hearts beat in Granada, for it has both a Christian and as well as a Moorish identity. . The Alhambra, an architectural treasure that heralds the past glory of the Spanish Sultanate, stands on a promontory overlooking the town, while in the centre of the old city is the cavernous Renaissance Cathedral of the Incarnation, that celebrates the here and now of Catholic Spain.  During the Christian holy week of Easter, the Cathedral becomes the focus of large religious processions that commemorate the last week of the life of Jesus. 32 Confradias (brotherhoods) and their entourage of Nazarene and Penitents, often numbering in their hundreds and cloaked in costumes of anonymity, parade through the streets of the old city. Most Confradia display two carved wooden sculptures, one depicting a scene from Christ’s passion and the other depicting a young mourning Virgin Mary. […]
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