Exposición Semana Santa

Exhibition on Madrid's Holy Week set up in the Plaza Mayor, bringing together nineteen brotherhoods and confraternities of the capital and tracing five centuries of history and devotion.

The exhibition unfolds in the Plaza Mayor, a public square in Madrid, and focuses on the city's Holy Week through its nineteen brotherhoods and confraternities. The route offers a journey through five centuries of devotion and confraternity history, with attention to the processional sculptures (tallas) and the floats (pasos procesionales) that have defined the character of these celebrations in the capital.

The itinerary follows Madrid's devotional map from Puente Vallecas to Carabanchel, passing through Delicias, Villaverde and Las Letras. Among the cases cited are the Archicofradía del Santo Entierro and the brotherhood of Jesús Nazareno de Medinaceli, established in 1710 and linked to the royal family from its origins. The congregation of the Siete Dolores, the oldest in the capital, is compared with La Borriquita de Madrid, which opens Holy Week on Palm Sunday, the two separated by 420 years of history.

The display emphasises the heritage, cultural and religious value of these brotherhoods and how they have shaped Madrid's tradition century by century.