The hermitage of Holy Christ is in the highest part of Labastida and erected on a robust stone platform on the hill of La Mota. This church-fortress has its origins in the 12th century, when the original pre-Romanesque hermitage was enlarged and reinforced, until it acquired the impressive appearance that it has today. Various archaeological …
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HERMITAGE OF OUR LADY OF THE PLAZA (ELCIEGO)
Dear visitor, you are welcome to the Hermitage of Our Lady of the Plaza. This temple was built in the late Middle Ages thanks to the great veneration of the people of Elciego to the Mother of God. It was the year 1761 and the neighbours of Elciego were worried because the Gothic hermitage of …
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SAINT ANDREW’S CHURCH (ELCIEGO)
Dear visitor, you are welcome to the village of Elciego and its church of Saint Andrew. This temple has been visited over the centuries to find moments of recollection and prayer, by its parishioners, by travellers and merchants who passed through Elciego. The construction of this temple began in the mid-sixteenth century, probably over a …
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