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The Holy Week of Medina del Campo

Medina del Campo, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

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The Holy Week of Medina del Campo

Activity · Medina del Campo, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

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The penitential processions of Medina del Campo, which tradition traces back to the preaching of Saint Vincent Ferrer in 1411, are among the oldest in Spain and have been declared of international tourist interest (the highest tourism recognition granted by the Spanish State). Today nine confraternities take part, with about 2,800 members, in seventeen processions. The earliest brotherhoods arose in the 16th century, such as that of the Virgen de la Misericordia (1542) or the Quinta Angustia (1567), and after a long period of decline the celebrations revived from 1941 onwards, with the confraternities joining together in 1983 in the Junta de Cofradías. On the afternoon of Dolores Friday, the procession of the Virgen de las Angustias, patroness of the town, leaves the Collegiate Church of San Antolín, led by the town council bearing its ceremonial maces.

Photo: Javier de la Calle (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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