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La leyenda de San Virila

Yesa, Sangüesa, Navarra

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La leyenda de San Virila

Curiosity · Yesa, Sangüesa, Navarra

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According to legend, Abbot Virila of Leyre, documented at the monastery in 928, became so absorbed listening to a nightingale's song by a nearby spring that three centuries passed; he thus came to understand eternity when he returned and did not recognize a single monk. The spring, about a 30-minute walk from the monastery, can be visited today.

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Photo: Basotxerri (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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