Holy Week Processions in Mendrisio
2025 edition
The next edition will be held on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 April 2025.
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Join a guided tour
The tour will introduce you to this living tradition and the painting technique used to create the large, translucent paintings, unique in their kind. A rich and moving experience.
Join nowA tradition over 400 years old
Fascinating mixture of popular religiosity, mysticism, theatricality and art, the citizens of Mendrisio of all ages participate as participants in the event. A deeply rooted tradition that may perhaps seem anachronistic. But it is precisely the observance of a ritual handed down by the fathers to revive, punctually every year, the unique spirit that you breathe through the ancient streets of the village, during the processions and on the days before them. An unmissable and unique event, where history becomes a spectacle in the perpetuation of tradition.
An unmissable and unique appointment
Our Heritage in a nutshell
The UNESCO intangible cultural heritage bears witness to the richness and diversity of our traditions. The new explanatory video presents the most important information on the Mendrisio Holy Week Processions in an understandable way. A video in drawing format, simple and attractive, provides interesting background information on our centuries-old heritage.
Explanatory video Mendrisio Holy Week ProcessionsA tribute to the volunteers and tradition
Heinz Plenge, a Peruvian photographer of international renown, followed every aspect of the preparations for the two processions, collecting documentation, testimonies and working to render the lights and settings, the volunteers and their gazes, as well as all the emotions that characterise the two events.
Digital photo album
