Spain - Seville - Semana Santa, Holy Week

Members of brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.

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Members of brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.