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La basílica de San Gregorio Ostiense

Sorlada, Tierra Estella, Navarra

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La basílica de San Gregorio Ostiense

Monument · Sorlada, Tierra Estella, Navarra

A sanctuary dedicated to San Gregorio Ostiense, traditionally invoked against agricultural plagues, whose body, according to legend, was carried after his death in Logroño in 1044 on a donkey's back to the heights of Piñalba, where the basilica was built. His relic, the saint's head, was carried around Spain during the locust plague of 1755-1756; in a 2008 public vote the church was chosen as one of the Ten Wonders of Navarre.

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