Museum of Lanterns and Crystal Rosaries — Attraction in Zaragoza

It is a very nice and unexpected exhibition to see. It displays the different structure build for Virgin Mary's procession s. They are all made of glass and they are such precious handcrafts. We have never seen anything of that kind ever. They are used during the parades and they are usually put on carriages so that they can carry them around the town's streets.

They were built thaks to the town's "trade guilds" and they are so all funded by citizens. They are part of the town's cultures to it is worth paying a visit to it.

You can buy a combined ticket for this museum together with the Cathedral of San Salvador in Zaragoza and the tower of the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora del Pilar for €12. Moreover, the entrance to the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora del...

1🌟 Receptionist spoke English 2🌟It was allowed to take pictures and talk (it was a small place so you could easily see if it disturbed others) 3🌟 Smaller exhibition yet interesting in that it was different religious pieces and cathedral models that you do not see in the regular church/cathedrals anymore.

Minus 2 🌟 as it was very limited exhibition, and makes more sense to visit in correlation with the "complete basilica ticket tour" (you can buy it online or in their reception) and with such a small exhibition paying for a ticket seemed unreal when many other museums in Zaragoza with bigger and more elaborate exhibitions are for free. There were also no...

El Rosario de Cristal es del sigo XIX y es realmente digno de ver, diría que espectacular. Está situado en el interior de la Iglesia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, en el casco histórico de la ciudad, a modo de exposición permanente. Se puede contemplar en cualquier día de la semana ya que no cierra los domingos, en horario de mañana y tarde, siendo el cierre a las 18.30 h sin poder entrar más tarde de las 18 horas, lo que hay que tener en cuenta si se quiere visitar de tarde. La entrada es económica y gratuita en algunas condiciones (discapacidad, edad…). Lo bonito y espectacular es verlo cuando sale en procesión, a la tarde-noche del día 13 de octubre, pero a falta de ese día, puede contemplarse en la exposición e impacta de casi igual manera. Este Rosario se compone de faroles y de carrozas, todo hecho de cristal colorido. Los faroles, más de 200, simbolizan cada una de las partes que conforman la oración del Rosario: los Misterios, los Padrenuestros, las Avemarías, Los Glorias y la Letanía. Las carrozas son 15 y representan los misterios gloriosos, gozosos y dolorosos. Todas son monumentales, pero destaca por la devoción de los zaragozanos la carroza que reproduce la Basílica del Pilar y por su majestuosidad la carroza de la Reina de la Hispanidad. Toda una joya, única e impresionante, que no debería...