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The pilgrimage of the Alcobilla

San Justo, Sanabria, Zamora

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The pilgrimage of the Alcobilla

Activity · San Justo, Sanabria, Zamora

Every 8 September, the people of San Justo and the nearby villages of Sanabria go up in a romería to the hermitage of Our Lady of la Alcobilla, in a spot of centuries-old, even thousand-year-old, chestnut trees. Nine days earlier the Novena is held, with masses for the brotherhood's members who died during the year. On the main day, the images of la Alcobilla, the Virgen del Rosario of Rábano de Sanabria, the Peregrina of Barrio de Rábano and the Asunción of San Justo are carried in procession preceded by each village's banner, to the sound of bagpipes and drums, and the following day they return to their parishes until the next year. The hermitage, dating from the 16th century and perhaps built over an earlier shrine, closes a calendar that begins with San Antón on 17 January and continues with the Santos Justo y Pastor in August.

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