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Holy Week of Hellín

Hellín, Campos de Hellín, Albacete

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Holy Week of Hellín

Activity · Hellín, Campos de Hellín, Albacete

A set of events held in Hellín during Holy Week, declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional (Spain's highest official recognition for a festivity) in 2007 and, since 2018, an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco. It combines traditional processions with the crowded tamboradas, led by the people of Hellín themselves: despite having fewer than 35,000 inhabitants, the town has twenty-nine brotherhoods and confraternities that parade thirty images and sculptural groups. Its origins go back to the preaching of Saint Vincent Ferrer in 1411, accompanied by drummers, the origin of the old penitential processions organised since the 16th century by the Cofradía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, today the town's patron. It is Hellín's main festival and draws visitors from all over Spain.

Marzo o abril, Semana Santa

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