July has just passed, and in northern Spain one of the most famous fiestas of all took place, that of San Fermín in Pamplona (6th–14th), where the enciero (‘running of the bulls’) every morning is covered by national and international TV. The celebration is ostensibly in honour of the city’s patron, San Fermín, a memberContinue reading “¡Viva San Fermín! ¡Gora San Fermín!”
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Easter and Granada
April, the month that Chaucer’s pilgrims saddled up for Canterbury, telling tall tales along the way, and in which the feast of Easter is most likely to fall. Anyone who has spent Easter in Spain will know of the impressive religious spectacles and processions held in many parts. While living in Navarre in 2022, IContinue reading “Easter and Granada”
Sanctified in Stone: the consecration crosses of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
When you walk into the great cathedrals like those of Burgos, León or Compostela, it is easy to focus on the spectacular, like the Chapel of the Constables in Burgos, the stained-glass ensemble of León, and the high altar of Santiago de Compostela. Quite often these are architectural, artistic and spiritual gifts of later eras,Continue reading “Sanctified in Stone: the consecration crosses of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela”
Denis Casey 