Procession of the Mysteries in Bari: the complete itinerary

With the Missa in Coena Domini this evening, Thursday 28 March, the Easter Triduum in Bari will come to life. Tomorrow, Good Friday, there will be the traditional procession of the Mysteries through the streets of the city centre. This year it will be the turn of the Vallisa simulacra, popularly called “the chiangiaminue”, as they usually come out in years when Easter comes low, with a high chance of rain. The dualism with the bearers of San Gregorio is ancient (the sellers), who will return to the streets next year.
The Mysteries of the Vallisa are currently nine: Jesus in the Garden, Saint Peter, Jesus at the column, Jesus with the cane or Ecce Homo, Jesus carrying the cross, Saint John, Calvary with Magdalene at his feet, dead Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows.

THE ITINERARY

The procession will begin at 9.00 from the church of San Gaetano. Then the passages in the old city in Strada San Gaetano, Strada Lamberti, Strada Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Strada de’ Gironda, Strada degli Orefici, Piazza Mercantile, Via Fragigena, Strada Palazzo di Città, Piazzetta Sant’Anselmo, Strada San Marco, Via delle Crociate, Piazzetta 62 Marinai, Strada Martinez, Strada Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio, Strada Santa Scolastica, Piazza San Pietro, Strada Santa Teresa delle Donne, Largo Ospedale Civile, Via Pier l’Eremita, Strada Santa Chiara, Via Ruggiero il Normanno, Piazza Federico II di Svevia, Piazza Odegitria and return to the Cathedral of San Sabino scheduled for 1.00 pm.

From 3.00 pm departure from piazza Odegitria and route which will be divided into piazza Federico II di Svevia, via San Francesco d’Assisi, piazza Garibaldi, via Francesco Crispi, via Pietro Ravanas, via Dante Alighieri, via Sagarriga Visconti, largo Nitti Valentini, corso Vittorio Emanuele II at approximately 8.00 pm. Then return from Piazza Chiurlia, Strada Palazzo dell’Intendenza, Via Boemondo, back to Piazza Federico II di Svevia and Piazza Odegitria. Return to the Cathedral scheduled for 11.00 pm.