The Genarin's Bury

It´s celebrate in León the Maundy thurday.
Genaro Blanco, “Genarín” was a drunkard man who used to go with whores, he earn money with animal skills.
In 1929 on Maundy Thursday he was knocked down by the first garbage truck while he was having a piss!



People start to remember him with poems, and year after year more people were incorporated to Genarin memory.
Sortly afterwards it becomes in a frarce traditional procession that comes until today like a mockery, or critic towards the hypocrite acttitude of the Church.
Nowadays people make a fun procession with funny poems and songs.

Easter in Leon

Easter is an important date in Leon because many tourists come here to see the Holy processions. There are a lot of brotherhood whom have a "music band" which play drums, bugle and other instruments. They play religious music.

During Easter the brotherhood go to the streets and carry statues which represent the Jesus life. This statues are called "pasos".

Each one of the brotherhood are called "papones", and they wear a coat and a "capirucho" (how a big hat)of differents colours which depends of the brotherhood.

The most important day is Holy Friday when it's the most important procession. At eight o'clock in the morning all the brotherhoods meet in the main square. This procession is called "El Encuentro".



During Easter in Leon its typical to go to the Humedo to drink limonada. This action is called "Matar judios" (Kill Jewish). This is a tradition and all bars have Limonada in this days. If you want more information you will find it in other publication on this blog.

More Monuments

While Gaudí was finishing the construction of the Palacio Episcopal de Astorga, his friend and patron, Eusebi Güell recommended him to build a house in the center of León. Simón Fernández and Mariano Andrés, the owners of a company that bought fabrics from Güell, commissioned Gaudí to build a residential building with a warehouse. The nickname of the house comes from the last name of the company's former owner, Joan Homs i Botinàs.

With Casa de los Botines, the architect wanted to pay tribute to León's emblematic buildings. Therefore, he designed a building with a medieval air and numerous neo-Gothic characteristics. The building consists of four floors, a basement and an attic. Gaudí, chose an inclined roof and placed towers in the corners to reinforce the project's neo-Gothic feel. To ventilate and illuminate the basement, he created a moat around two of the façades, a strategy that he would repeat in the Sagrada Familia.

In 1929, the savings bank of León, Caja España, bought the building and adapted it to its needs, without altering Gaudí's original project.

MONUMENTS NEAR THE HUMEDO

When you go to the humedo to eat tapas, you can find some important monuments.

The most important monument it's the cathedral. The León Cathedral, dedicated to Santa María de la Regla, was declared of Cultural Interest in 1844. It is known as the Pulchra Leonina and it is a masterpiece of the Gothic style dominating the mid-13th century, by master architect Enrique. By the late 16th century it was virtually completed.

One of the most attractive features is the main front, with two towers (the south one known as the 'clock tower'). The interior represents a beautiful combination of architecture, painting, sculpture and other arts.

It has three portals decorated with sculptures situated in the pointed arches between the two towers. The central section has a large rose window. Particularly outstanding is the image of the Virgin Blanca and the Locus Appellatione, where justice was imparted.

Its almost 1,800 square meters of stained glass windows dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century are among the world's finest stained glass.

The Llar

This bar is in St. Martin´s square, in the Humedo, where you can find a lot of bars with a lot of tapas.

The typical tapa of this bar are the chips whit blue cheese or "alioli", a sauce like mayonnaise with parsley and garlic.




Moreover it´s a place where you can go to dinner with your friends, your family amd so on.

In Easter you can drink a typical drink called Limonada/Sangria . When you go to drink limonada people say "I'm Going to kill the Jewish".





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In this blog you can obtain information about the different tapas that you can find in our city, Leon.

Tapas is the name of a wide variety of appetizers or snacks in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold (such a mixed olives and cheese) or warm (such as "puntillitas", which are battered, fried baby squid)


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