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Holy Week Cuenca in Cuenca
Cuenca's Holy Week processions climb steep routes through the gorge-side old town beneath its famous hanging houses, including the demanding Camino del Calvario night procession to a hilltop cross. The week runs alongside the Semana de Musica Religiosa, an international sacred music festival held since the mid-1960s.
Cuenca's Holy Week processions climb and descend some of the steepest terrain of any major Spanish Semana Santa, moving through a historic center famous for its hanging houses perched over the Huecar gorge, a setting that shapes routes unlike the flatter processional paths of most Castilian cities.