{"id":6901,"date":"2024-01-01T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/visite-guidate-durante-la-settimana-santa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:41:39","slug":"holy-week-processions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/holy-week-processions\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week Processions in Mendrisio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Processions of the Holy Week take place every year in Mendrisio along the streets of the historic center,<br>on Thursday and Good Friday at 8:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In case of bad weather, a decision will be made on the event: Thursday at 2 p.m. and Friday\u00a0at 4 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The itinerary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holy Week Processions start from Piazza San Giovanni, follow the\u00a0<strong>traditional intinerary<\/strong>\u00a0through the streets of Mendrisio&#8217;s old town, cross the main square and reach the Chiesa dei Cappuccini. From here they return to the church of San Giovanni.<br><br>The processions parade through the streets of the old town in\u00a0<strong>both directions<\/strong>, so it is possible to see two passages on the same evening. Many people take the opportunity to move along the route and wait for the return in the direction of San Giovanni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grandstand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The public can freely choose the place where to attend the passage of the processions, but we point out that it is possible to book a seat on the grandstands in Piazza del Ponte:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>by the Infopoint Mendrisiotto Turismo, Stazione FFS Mendrisio<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>by writing an e-mail to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tribuna@processionimendrisio.ch\">tribuna@processionimendrisio.ch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>by calling 079 929 58 06 during Holy Week<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: the number of seats is limited and the seats are not numbered. In case of cancellation of the processions, tickets are refundable only on the spot.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infopoint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Piazza del Ponte an Infopoint is set up for the Holy Week Processions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wednesday (Holy Week), 2 p.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maundy Thursday, 9.30 a.m. &#8211; 11.30 a.m. \/ 2 p.m. &#8211; 11 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good Friday, 9.30 a.m. &#8211; 11.30 a.m. \/ 2 p.m. &#8211; 11 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to register, please visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.processionimendrisio.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.processionimendrisio.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Processions of the Holy Week take place every year in Mendrisio along the streets of the historic center,on Thursday and Good Friday at 8:30 p.m. In case of bad weather, a decision will be made on the event: Thursday at 2 p.m. and Friday\u00a0at 4 p.m. The itinerary The Holy Week Processions start from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attivita-en","category-novita-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6901"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8089,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6901\/revisions\/8089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolceresio.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}