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The official route of the Holy Week of Granada, lately a much debated question because of its length, passes through the city main locations. It starts in Calle Navas, a pedestrian street and meeting point for drinking ‘cañas’ and eating ‘tapas’ even during the Holy Week. The street was named after the Navas Marquees. Their ancient palatial house lies in the beginning of the street. The street ends in ‘Plaza del Carmen’, where the City Hall is and where the ‘Tribuna Oficial’, the place where the confraternities are officially presented to the city, is constructed. The route of the confraternities follow ‘Calle Reyes Católicos’ up to the cathedral through ‘Calle Mesones’, the main commercial street of the city, which is crowded with chairs.
The temple can be seen in all its magnificence from ‘Calle Marqués de Gerona’ that ends in ‘Plaza de las Pasiegas’, a wide square where the local people meet before the cathedral. One of the main attractions of the Holy Week is seeing the floats walk up the ramp to the square before entering in the cathedral. Today, the Archbishop receives here the confraternities and walks with them inside the temple. The brotherhoods leave the cathedral through the ‘Puerta del Perdón’ (Gate of Forgiveness), the final point of the official route.
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