Easter Week of Ciudad Real

Location

Some of the points of the procession that are particularly interesting and where 'saetas’ are sung are Calle Lirios, the Perchel and Estación neighbourhoods, and the entry and exit of the Dolorosa from the cathedral o of la Soledad in San Pedro.

Other data

There are 24 Fraternities of penitents in this Easter Week, with a total 34 stages of the Cross.
It is the baroque festivity par excellence, with influences from the South in the way the 'costaleros’ walk as they carry the burden of the figures.
Holy Thursday and Good Friday are the days when the oldest and most beautiful fraternities come out.

How to get there

Road transport

The Easter Week of Ciudad Real, from an artistic and cultural standpoint, is a most interesting event that has kept the best of each of the centuries over which its long history has spanned. Thus we find, among its 34 stages of the Cross, figures from the 15th and 18th centuries, with works by famous sculptors such as Castillo Lastrucci, Illanes, Claudio Riuis and many others.

The processions begin on Palm Sunday, but the most important ones are those taking place on Good Friday, with many 'saetas’ being sung during the procession, and in the early morning hours of Holy Thursday. In this procession many penitents come out, some of them in chains, to accompany the Cristo de la Buena Muerte and the Virgen del Mayor Dolor, illuminated by the torches they carry in their hands in a silent procession where one can only hear the prayers of the Via Crucis.

Perhaps one of the surprising aspects of this festivity is the high degree of involvement of over fifteen thousand people, from variety of groups, especially youths and women.
Source: Permanent Commission of the Association of Fraternities of Ciudad Real.

Dates

Dates vary according to the liturgical calendar.

Area

Festivities of National Interest for Tourists.