Heritage · Santillana Del Mar
Auto Sacramental and Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men (EN)
The Three Kings Parade
Dating back half a century, it is one of the earliest popular stagings of the modern sacramental play.
It was initiated by Antonio Niceas, chaplain of the Convent of the Poor Clares and director of the Diocesan Museum, who commissioned the texts—covering scenes related to the arrival of the Three Kings—from the poet Leopoldo R. Alcalde.
 | Later, other scenes centered on the Nativity were added, unfolding from mid-afternoon on January 5th at various locations throughout the town center, culminating around 9:00 p.m. with the Adoration of the Magi at the portal beneath the Don Borja Tower in the Plaza Mayor. |