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The first procession of Spain in Cartagena will dawn on March 18, Good Friday.
It will be the beginning of an intense day filled acts and processions in which the city will celebrate the great day of his popular patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, and the beginning of a singular Easter ten days, declared of International Tourist Interest.
At half past three, from around the Old Cathedral, depart the early riser of all the processions, the Way of the Cross of the Brotherhood of Christ Relief.
Founded by the Duke of Veragua in XVII century, it is an austere penitential procession accompanied only by a dull drum and prayer stations along the main streets of the Old Town.
In it the images of the Virgin of Solitude and the Christ of Consuelo Moreno procesionan.
Especially emotive be stops first at official La Patrona of Cartagena, the Virgin of Rosell, in Santa Maria de Gracia, and later on the six o'clock, before the popular patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, in the Basilica of the same name .
His collection is scheduled at 7.45 hours.
OFFERING OF GOLD OUNCE
The intense day will continue at 10.10 pm with the departure of the Municipal Corporation from the Town Hall to the Basilica of Charity.
The solemn and traditional procession will be accompanied by trumpeters, mace-bearers, porters and police gala.
In it, the youngest member of the Corporation, Councilman Ricardo Segado, will carry the banner of the city.
At 10.30 hours will begin mass in honor of Charity, who will officiate the bishop of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, and where the mayor, Jose Lopez, honor the tradition of Offering of Gold Ounce dating back to the year 1762 and symbolizing the economic contribution made every year in the city of Cartagena for the poor sick of Santo and Real Hospital of Charity.
CRY IN THE THEATER CIRCUS
Later, at 12.30 hours, the Proclamation of Easter will be held in the Nuevo Teatro Circo, which this time will be borne by Joaquín Ortega Martinez, lawyer and president of the Casino procesionista city.
At the ceremony the appointment of Mayor Nazarene will also be given to Francisca Lopez Good.
The event will be public and admission is open to as many people want to attend, no limitations other than the capacity of the theater.
At the end of the same attendees with the publication of the opening, with the sponsorship of the Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia (UCAM) it will be gifted.
The opening speech will be broadcast live on the Internet, through the semanasanta.cartagena.es website, the portal dedicated to the processions of Cartagena, and in which other years can be seen live and delayed processions, thanks to the collaboration of the local station by TELECARTAGENA cable.
This will also be available in the City of Cartagena channel in Youtube in which it has created a special playlist of Easter.
FLORAL OFFERING TO CHARITY
Under the organization of the Department of Celebration, throughout the day, cartageneros can drive up to the church of Charity for the Floral Offering to the Patron Saint.
As has been happening for years the offerings can be made individually, throughout the day, or group through the procession will depart in the afternoon.
Those who choose to do so individually must wear corsages, of between six and eight carnations preferably in white, red or pink, without wrap or cellophane.
Municipal employees are instructed to collect the flowers from the morning and go making up the mosaic that is enabled at the entrance of the temple.
At 17 hours will start the procession of the wreath from the town hall square towards the Basilica of Charity with the following route: Calle Mayor, Plaza de San Sebastian, Puerta de Murcia, Sagasta, Carmen, Santa Florentina, Park, Plaza López Pinto, Merganser and Basilica of Charity.
Fifty associations and groups of districts and councils, totaling more than 1,500 people will participate in the event, which may also participate those who want it, dressed in the typical costume cartagenero, preferably.
Among the participating groups are bands of bagpipes, bugles and drums, groups of choirs and dances, street musicians and crews of Campo de Cartagena, acting with the patron and deposited the flowers which will concocting a floral blanket around the patron .
LAST DAY PROCESIONES
The day will end as it began, with processions.
The first, the Stations of the Cross of Christ of the Divine Mercy, which will depart at six p.m. from the Place de la Mercedcon the following schedule: Duke, Plaza de San Gines, San Francisco, Plaza San Francisco, Arch Caridad, San Vicente, Plaza de Lopez Pinto, Merganser, charity, Plaza de la Inmaculada, Duke and Plaza de la Merced (south and east).
Second, will the first procession of the Brotherhood California: the Holy Christ of Mercy and the Virgin of the Rosary, which will start at nine from the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia with the usual itinerary of the rest of processions, passing first down the street Air, Canyon and Mayor.
The third is that of the Virgin of Charity of Alumbres, which also will leave at nine p.m. from the parish of San Roque, carrying the image carved in 1951 by José Lozano Rock who was venerated in the missing Basilica populous refinery tailings, and this year procesionará first image of the Captive Christ.
ALL INFORMATION ON THE WEB AND MOBILE
All these acts and processions, as well as the rest of Holy Week, is offered full information for citizens and visitors in the municipal portal processions (semanasanta.cartagena.es), which take precedence images, with more than 700 photographs.
This site uses free software technology Bootstrap, which allows you to create interfaces that automatically adapt to the screen size of the devices, whether PCs or mobile devices like tablets or mobile phones.
Among other advantages, this adaptive design avoids them having to make different versions of the same web, one for each type of device.
It also improves handling and navigation and premium primarily the visual aspect, making it more pleasant and attractive.
This design also allows viewing through mobile live coverage of the processions, which this year will again offer the city of Cartagena in collaboration with the local television station TELECARTAGENA cable.
Broadcasts will be made relying on the municipal Youtube channel which will provide greater visibility and promotion of Easter and the possibility of seeing the processions of certain days, a la carte.
Retransmissions schedules are as follows:
Relief procession.
DEFERRED Passion Saturday at 20: 00h.
Proclamation of Easter, Good Friday, 12: 30h.
Good Friday Procession, 21: 20h.
Palm Sunday procession, 17: 20h.
Procession Easter Monday, 21: 20h.
Procession of Tuesday Santo, 22: 00h.
Holy Wednesday procession, 21: 20h.
Maundy Thursday Procession of Silence.
DEFERRED on Friday 19: 30h.
Procession of the Meeting.
DEFERRED Good Friday at 20: 00h.
Good Friday Procession, 21: 20h.
Procession Holy Saturday, 22: 00h.
Procession Easter Sunday, 12: 20h.
Page Easter also offers schedules and routes of the processions provided by the Brotherhoods and the most important acts of Lent, with links, Easter marches and advertising posters and proclamations, pronounced since the mid-80's Last century.
OPEN DAY AT THE ROMAN THEATRE
On the occasion of the feast of the patron, the Roman Theatre celebrated this Good Friday open day with free admission for all visitors.
It will also expand the hours and days of visit on the occasion of Easter, so that you can access the site until 20.00 pm and will open on Easter Monday and Easter Monday, every day from Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm.
TRAFFIC REORDANACIÓN
The celebration of the Week Pasional also brings the side of City Hall with traffic restrictions that will remain in the main streets of the town of the city as well as in districts and councils, by the passage of processions, remaining in force since Good Friday to Easter Sunday.
On the side other aspects are also collected, such as the lighting off during the passage of the Procession of Silence, Maundy Thursday;
the extension of hours of city buses, Wednesday and Friday, until the conclusion of the processions;
or the extension of hours of catering establishments and terraces and watchmen.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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