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The hermitage swallowed by the reservoir

Buenache de Alarcón, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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The hermitage swallowed by the reservoir

Monument · Buenache de Alarcón, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

Image of Buenache de Alarcón, not of the place itself.

The original shrine of the Virgen de la Estrella was left submerged beneath the waters of the Alarcón reservoir. Every May local residents make a pilgrimage to the original site in its memory.

Photo: Millars (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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