Overview
- - Lima launched “Semana Santa en Lima: Patrimonio de fe y tradición,” a calendar running March 18 to April 5 across the Historic Center with events also in Rímac and Barrios Altos.
- - The lineup combines traditional processions on historic routes with exhibitions, sacred-music concerts, theatrical reenactments, fairs and contests recognizing the celebration’s national cultural status.
- - Key dates include March 27 (Jesús Nazareno from Basílica de la Merced), March 28 (Señor del Santuario from Monasterio de Santa Catalina), Palm Sunday on March 29 with a sweet-bread fair, a staged Entrada de Jesús a Jerusalén and multiple processions, and Easter Sunday on April 5 featuring a floral-carpet contest, a choral-symphonic concert and resurrection processions.
- - PROLIMA manager Carlos Vega projects about 100,000 visitors and announces a new monumental lighting scheme to enhance night views of temples and historic houses.
- - Lima’s Civil Defense unit has begun technical inspections of temples to verify structural and access compliance, while Badajoz confirms a Good Friday Via Crucis entering the Alcazaba and tenders 512 seats to increase capacity near the Cathedral.