Osuna, Fairs & Festivals
Easter
Easter Osuna was declared in 1999 by the Festival of
Regional Tourist Interest in
The Council of Guilds and Guild Osuna organize the Opening of Easter in the collegiate church of Osuna, the presiding image of the Blessed Christ of Mercy. They also organize the Cofrade Opening of Youth in the Church of the Convent of San Pedro.
In addition, the Hermandad de la Vera-Cruz launches Saetas “Carmen Torres,” which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 and took place over four weekends in three phases, with the grand finale being held in the Church Vera Cruz, where its headquarters is canonical.
Also, the brotherhood of the Vera Cruz organizes the Opening of the Seven Words, which meets in 2008 for its 50th anniversary. There are two published posters and a Council of the City—the first devoted to a holder of the different fraternities and the second devoted to a detailed table of the various churches of Osuna.
Osuna has a way of wearing the steps, as they are ported to
shoulder inside the passage and not the bag, as is traditional in the
Ursaonense Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, with Borriquita on Tuesday, with the Holy Hermandad de la Vera-Cruz from the San Agustin Church (the oldest in the Brotherhood of the Holy Week of Osuna, with nearly 500 years of history
It has a roster of 1152 members, being the season of penance that meets most loyally among Nazarenes of penitents with cross and candle.
The procession is an iconography of the portentous image of Jesus with the cross on his shoulders, attributed to Roldan Pedro’s El Mozo. This step has a number of Nazarenes, with 800 candles and 400 crosses around.
There are 32 brothers who celebrate Costaleros and upload images on their shoulders. The habit is a purple robe with the floral decoration and a mountain of red carnations. A band of twenty accompanies this step with metal percussion.
May Fair
Fair Osuna was established as a livestock fair by the Royal
Resolution of Charles IV. Over time it was transformed into a festive event,
making it one of the oldest in
The Ministry of Tourism, Trade, and Sport of the Junta de
Andalusia has declared the May Fair a Tourist Interest in Andalusia,
considering this event as “an expression that contributes to the development of
values and tradition of this popular municipality and
From dawn on Wednesday to Holy Thursday, the station does penance for many hours, with the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ of Mercy, Holy Thursday, Humility Fallen Jesus, and Good Friday, the great day of Holy Week, at dawn, leaving the Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazarene.
After the Brotherhood come the Church of Our Lady of Victory and Sacramental Brotherhood Venerable Third Order of the Servants of Nuestra Madre y Senora de los Dolores, “The Servites.”
It consists of a single step without the canopy of the beautiful Our Lady of Sorrows by Jose de Mora and has an excellently embroidered mantle. In the afternoon they do penance at the Brotherhood of Peace and Brotherhood of the Fifth Anguish.
Good Friday is celebrated out of the
La Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno was established in the last quarter of the 16th century, most notably July 8, 1576, and has since then remained in its headquarters, the old school of Our Lady of Victory of the order of the Lord San Franciosco Paula. Its first rules date back to two years later, 1578, with subsequent renewals, the latest being in 1994.
The tour starts with the output of the Nazarene Church of Our Lady of Victory at 6:00 a.m. Friday and continues through Carrera, Rodriguez Marin Plaza, Carrera, Molina Lus, Cuesta of Abades, and Plaza of the Incarnation, then comes to the Collegiate with a short break and returns on their journey through Cuesta de San Anton, Plaza Mayor, Seville, Christ, and San Pedro, finally reaching the temple around 12:30 p.m.
It is customary at the exit of the Plaza Mayor and the door
of the Parish of Our Lady of Victory for some people to sing this step as
people in the town of
With over 200 years of history, it was founded in 1803 and is
one of the oldest in the
Sacramental Brotherhood of third order and venerable servants of our Mother and Lady of Sorrows was founded in 1730 at the College of minima Victory Servite Slavery of Our Lady Mother of Sorrows.
The following year the community allowed less use of the chapel. The final proof of rules by the Archbishop of Seville was in 1780. In 1805 it merged with the Brotherhood of the Collegiate Sacramental.
The iconography is attributed to Jose de Mora at the end of the 17th century or beginning of the 18th century. It is a full-size image, with a carved mantle and a rich stew with geometric and plant motifs.
The hands are intertwined and carrying a heart pierced by seven daggers. It does not characterize violent pain, but his intimate melancholy. Each feature is a beautiful hue.
This step has a number of approximately 400 Nazarenes. Costaleros wear the number 28 on their shoulders. The robe is black, with a black tail, a chapel, and a floral motif with different types of white flowers. The music that accompanies the Virgin Our Lady of Sorrows is the Banda Municipal de Osuna.
The route is the same as that of Jesus Nazareno but with difference hours (departs at 7:00 a.m. and arrives at the temple at 1:30 p.m.).
