Salamanca Cathedral with fireworks

Festivals in Salamanca

 

Holy Week

Holy Week in Salamanca was declared, in 2003, a Festival of International Tourist Interest.

It is one of the most deeply-rooted celebrations in the city, with around 10,000 brothers who take to the streets carrying steps loaded with beauty and spirituality.

It constitutes the main religious event of the city. Holy Week in Salamanca has 18 brotherhoods, confraternities and congregations, with 24 processions.
 
The oldest are the Procession of the Holy Burial (1615), the Act of Descent (1615) and the Procession of the Encounter (1616).
 
 

Saint Agatha

February 5
 
 
 

Monday of Waters

First Monday after Easter
 
 
 

Festival of San Juan de Sahagún

June 12
 
 
 

Festival of the Virgin of la Vega

Night of June 23 to 24
 
 
 

University New Year's Eve

December 15
 
 
 

Christmas

December 25
 
 
 
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    Alicante
    Almeria
    Barcelona
    Bilbao
    Burgos
    Caceres
    Cadiz
    Cordoba
    Girona
    Granada
    Jaen
    Leon
    Madrid
    Malaga
    Murcia
    Oviedo
    Palma
    Salamanca
    Santander
    Santiago
    Segovia
    Seville
    Toledo
    Valencia
    Valladolid
    Zaragoza
 
 
    A Coruña
    Alicante
    Almeria
    Barcelona
    Bilbao
    Burgos
    Caceres
    Cadiz
    Cordoba
    Girona
    Granada
    Huelva
    Leon
    Madrid
    Malaga
    Murcia
    Oviedo
    Palma
    Salamanca
    Santander
    Santiago
    Segovia
    Seville
    Toledo
    Valencia
    Valladolid
    Zaragoza