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EASTER: Oviedo invites you to discover Easter, combining History and secular tradition renewed year after year in the matchless setting of its recovered urban area. Streets converted into live temples created by those who march in the processions organized by several Brotherhoods:

- Brotherhood of El Silencio and Santa Cruz, founded in 1945 and refounded in 2001 with its canonical venue in Santa Maria Real de la Corte and its social venue in Azcarraga’s Street, 27

- Fraternity and Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, with its canonical venue in the Conventual Church of Santo Domingo and founded before 1675

- Fraternity and Brotherhood of Jesus Cautivo, founded in 1996, with venues in the Church of San Juan el Real de Oviedo and in Fray Ceferino’s Street, 24

- Brotherhood of El Santo Entierro and of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, founded in 1959, with its canonical venue in the Parish Church of San Isidoro el Real and its social venue in Magdalena Street, 10 -1st

- Cofradía de Nazarenos del Santísimo Cristo de la Misericordia Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Sentencia María Santísima de la Esperanza y San Francisco Javier. "Cofradía de los Estudiantes", con sede en Iglesia San Francisco Javier de la Tenderina en la Avenida de Torrelavega, nº 63.

The schedule for the processions is as follows:

On Maundy Tuesday at dusk is held the Procession of “El Silencio”, which begins at the Parish of Santa Maria Real de la Corte. On Maundy Wednesday starting from Santo Domingo’s Square The Procession of “El Nazareno”. On Maundy Thursday the Procession of “Jesús Cautivo” departs from the Church of San Juan El Real. On Good Friday the Procession of the “Santo Entierro” is held at the Church of San Isidoro el Real. And to complete the Processions, on Easter Saturday the Procession of “La Soledad” is celebrated from the Church of San Isidoro el Real

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