The Holy Week of Malaga in the nineteenth century

In the nineteenth century, the Holy Week of Malaga started to become a tourist attraction. In mid-century, the number of Brotherhoods increased together with that of the faithful and the tronos. This second golden age (1851-67), however, suffered a setback during the so-called Sexenio Revolucionario (1868-74): in a few years, we have the exile of Isabella II and the election of Amedeo I of Savoy, the proclamation of the republic and the restoration of the Bourbons. In this period of political instability, a strong anticlerical spirit led to the suspension of the Easter processions. With the return of the Bourbons (1875) it started a slow recovery culminated in the last decade of the nineteenth century, when the artistic heritage of the Brotherhoods was enriched by new works, often inspired to the baroque style