The Plaza de Santa Cruz is one of the most visited places in Seville. Formerly, The parish of the Holy Cross was there, which gave its name to the neighborhood. Church, mudejar style, He took advantage of one of the three synagogues that were in the Sevillian Jewish quarter (the others were in the current…
The origin of Holy Week in Seville is really uncertain. Generally, the year is taken as reference 1521, thanks to one of the most relevant families in the city, Fernandez de Ribera, when a Via Crucis is established at the temple, still standing today, in the so-called “Cruz del Campo”. We could affirm that the…
The origin of Holy Week as we know it today probably lies in the “Stations of the Cross of the Field”. Tradition tells that the Via Crucis of the “twelve seasons” It was the one that the Virgin had followed daily to remember the torment of her son. The procession left the palace on the…