January to April Festivals and Events.

The most interesting celebrations are the colourful Manaies procession in Girona, dating from 1566, when superbly attired Roman soldiers march through the Barri Vell on Wednesday of Easter week and Good Friday, preceding the processions of the Virgin. A macabre celebration is the...

April 7th 2006 is the date of the 500th anniversary of the birth, in the Castle of Javier (Navarre – Spain), of Francis Xavier, professor at the Sorbonne, co-founder (under the direction of Ignatius of Loyola) of the Company of Jesus, missionary in the East Indies and Japan, and a universal figure ...