Tag: Corella

Baroque Holy Week Passion procession through the streets of Corella, Navarra

July 12, 2026

Navarra’s Semana Santa Has No Nazarenos. It Has a Rope-Suspended Angel, a Real Judas Chase, and a Dance That Used to Be Carnival

Picture Semana Santa in Spain and the image that comes to mind is almost certainly Sevilla’s: hooded nazarenos moving in silence, an enormous carved float swaying on the…

Cardoon plant, Cynara cardunculus, in flower, the species grown as cardo in Navarra

July 11, 2026

Cardo Rojo Isn’t Just Any Cardo. Corella Buries It in Dirt to Prove the Difference.

Most write-ups of Navarra’s Christmas table treat cardo as a single thing: a bitter winter thistle stalk, stewed in almond sauce, served once a year. That flattens two…