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Luxemburg
Luxemburg
1 Fundulea
Traditions:
• The Springprozession
• The procession is held every Whit Tuesday.It
honours Willibrord, the patron saint of
Luxembourg, who established the Abbey of
Echternach. Echternach has developed a strong
tourism industry centred on the procession, which
draws many thousands of tourists and pilgrims
from around the world. The procession is inscribed
in 2010 as hopping procession of Echternach on
the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• The Abbey of Echternach was a major Christian
centre in the Middle Ages, and maintained a
famous library and scriptorium.
Population
•Population: 626,000 people live in the country (2021)
•Capital: Luxembourg City with 124,000 inhabitants
•Name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Traditions:
•The dancing procession of Echternach is an annual
Roman Catholic dancing procession held at
Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach's is
the last traditional dancing procession in Europe.
Geograhpy