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Celebrated
in Ica every third week of October.
The
origin of the devotion for the crucified Christ of Luren (Señor
de Luren), patron of the city of Ica (300 km south of Lima),
dates back to 1 570, when the image was mysteriously lost
in the desert during a trip from Lima to Ica, before reappearing
in a desolate outpost called Luren.
Later, Nicolás de Ribera the Elder, Lima's first mayor,
had a small church built in this spot as well as a hospital
for highland Indians. Today, the modern church, built in a
Romanticist style, houses the carved wooden image of the dying
Christ, as well as those of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.
On the main day of the festival, Sunday, the image is borne
aloft in a procession through the city from nightfall until
dawn the following day.
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