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Religiöse Feste
| XX. Weltjugendtag Köln 2005 | |
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Location: Cologne/ Köln | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| “We […] have come to worship Him” (Matthew 2,2) – this is the motto of the World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne. This particular day is a big event, where celebration and faith form a strong link. Here, th.....
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| Whirling Dervishes Festival | |
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Location: Konya | Turkey Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Konya is, in every way, an astonishing town. Think only of the “Whirling Dervishes”, an order created by Mevlana Celal ed-Din Rumis (1207-1273), the founder of Sufism, which preaches tolerance towards.....
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| La Almudena | |
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Location: Madrid | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| In the 9th century Madrid was under Muslim occupation, and it was known as Magerit. It was Alfons VI who won the city back for Christendom, and legend has it that, as he entered the town, he encounter.....
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| Virgen de la Mercé | |
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Location: Barcelona | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| ‘La Mercé’ is the traditional city festival, the ‘Festa Major’, of Barcelona - a lavish summer celebration which takes place in the days before the 24th September and is dedicated to one of Barcelona’.....
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| Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos | |
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Location: Barcelona | Spain |
| Wild, beautiful and full of passion – more than ever the cosmopolitan capital of Catalonia bursts with energy and life. Once there, Barcelona won’t let you escape its spell. There is always something .....
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| Apóstol Santiago | |
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Location: Santiago de Compostela | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| On 25th July, the feast of the Apostle James - “San Tiago” – patron saint of Spain and Galicia, is celebrated at Compostela (‘Campus Stellae’ in Latin, meaning ‘the field of stars’) with exceptional f.....
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| Festivo de San Sebastián | |
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Location: San Sebastián | Spain |
| San Sebastián is overwhelming and a famous seaside resort for wealthy Spaniards - a fashionable town on the coast where the king himself spends his holidays. The town has already been a centre of Basq.....
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| Corpus Christi | |
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Location: Toledo | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| In the spiritual centre of Spain there is the biggest Corpus Domini procession in the whole of Europe. In the 6th century, Toledo was the capital of the Western Goths and developed, in the Middle Ages.....
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| Fiesta San Mateo | |
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Location: Oviedo | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Oviedo, the capital of “Principado de Asturias”, a place rich in tradition, is surrounded by mountains but just 28 km away from the Cantabrian Atlantic cost. The history of the town goes back to the 8.....
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| Festa da São João | |
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Location: Porto | Portugal Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| ‘São João’, the traditional feast of St. John, is celebrated every year from the 22nd till the 24th of June in various towns of Portugal with processions, fireworks and folk events. Furthermore, it is.....
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