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The Philippine shell of the church of Santiago

Villafranca Montes de Oca, Montes de Oca, Burgos

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The Philippine shell of the church of Santiago

Curiosity · Villafranca Montes de Oca, Montes de Oca, Burgos

Image of Villafranca Montes de Oca, not of the place itself.

The church keeps as a holy water stoup a giant sea shell brought from the Philippines, of enormous size; pilgrims point it out as one of the curiosities of the Camino Francés on its passage through the province of Burgos.

Photo: Jialxv (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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