Corpus Christi - Turismo Lora del Río

In this solemn day for our town, each corner where the “Cortejo” procession passes by. In this solemn day for our town, each corner where the “Cortejo” procession passes by is decorated with altars. From first thing in the morning, we can feel the festivity by the smell of fresh flowers on our emblematic streets.

But, without a doubt, the cornerstone of the Corpus Christi procession of Lora del Río is its marvelous monstrance, a jewel dating from 1574, which cherishes the Holy Sacrament, the day of its solemnity, held by Hernando de Ballesteros, “The lad”. The procession is complemented by a spectacular image of the “Virgen del Rosario” and the children who just had their First Communion.

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We have references to the Corpus Christi Festival since the middle of the 16^th century. Thus, the rules of the “Vera Cruz” (1555), arranged the route of its station as follows: (Latin) “ande por do anda el sanctissimo sacramento el dia del corpus christi” (“walk where the Holy Sacrament walks on the day of the Corpus Christi.”). In addition, the first reference to the brotherhood is of 1565, thanks to an endowment of 200 maravedies per year made by Juan de la Barrera “The Old”.

The wonderful monstrance that passes by our streets is a 19^th century portable jewel made of chiseled silver, with rich plateresque motifs and enamels, of truly exquisite design and execution.

On the second body, we can see the figure of Jesus tied to the column and finally a beautiful ending with the figure of St. John the Baptist, which has his motivation in Lora del Río. Let us not forget that St. John the Baptist was the patron of the Order of Malta, to which the domain of the Villa belonged. Marked and his mouth lets us observe his teeth a little. He has abundant beard attached to his amount of hair.

The Virgin of Sorrows in her Solitude is a carving of Buiza, one of her first painful performed. The virgin has a sweet face with a deep look of big eyes and has one of his big expressions on her face, her mouth is half-open and if we look closely we can see her teeth.

It is made of polychrome wood as a candlestick image to dress with a height of 1.70 meters. Her hands come from the old image of the same avocation that was burned in the Spanish civil war. The Virgin of Sorrows in her Solitude is straight up.

Her eyebrows are wrinkled by the pain of her son’s death, Jesus Christ, where we can observe five tears scattered on her face.