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Virgen de la Peña

TIME : 2016/2/19 1:40:24

If you walk past the ayuntamiento (town hall), you will reach this grotto where the Virgin is said to have appeared to two children who were led here by a dove in 1586. During the annual village procession on 8 September, the effigy of the Virgin is carried 2km up to the Ermita del Calvario , a tiny chapel built by Carmelite brothers. Black-iron crosses mark a short walking trail that leads up to the hermitage.