In Spain, celebrations for Semana Santa (Holy Week) are often spectacular. Religious statues are carried along on the shoulders of the 'cofrades', members of the 'cofradias' or lay brotherhoods that ...

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — With tears of emotion often flowing down their faces, tens of thousands of faithful have packed the rooftops, bridges and narrow streets of this historic city in southern Spain ...

Starting on Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, hundreds of “costaleros” — solemnly robed and often hooded — carry huge floats with the sacred images in procession. (Pic credit: AP) ...

SEVILLE, Spain — Each spring, for one week, Seville transforms. The scent of orange blossoms mixes with heady incense. Booming drums and soaring brass bands echo down narrow streets. Gilded floats ...

Watching a Holy Week procession from a prime spot is becoming a luxury. In cities such as Seville, the cost of renting balconies or booking seats in key areas has soared in recent years, driven by ...

For the first time since the Covid pandemic began, crowds thronged the streets of Seville as one of Spain’s most famous Easter processions wound its way through the city after midnight, free of social ...

Seville town council have asked for the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-final between holders Sevilla and Tottenham Hotspur to be changed from April 5 because it clashes with one of the city's ...

One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain, whose Easter-time festivities dating back centuries are among the most fervently ...