This work will shed light on a celebration that took place at the beginning of the Baroque period: the double royal wedding of King Philip III to Margaret of Austria and of Princess Isabella Clara Eugenia to the Archduke Albert, whose union would be ratified on the Valencian coast.

Through studying the texts of this era, we have more detailed knowledge of both the organisation and the subsequent development of the royal entrances and marriages. Not a single ceremonial detail typical of these festivities was to be missing: the use of public space, the display of symbolic ornaments, the keeping of order, the processions and cortèges, the rejoicing of the public, etc.

Ultimately, thanks to the numerous news pamphlets and preserved document archives, we will attempt to reconstruct this Baroque festival.

Available in Revista História da Arte. Serie W.