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Hermitage of Santa Ana de Zucaina

Zucaina, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

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Hermitage of Santa Ana de Zucaina

Monument · Zucaina, El Alto Mijares, Castellón

Hermitage dedicated to the patron saint of Zucaina, in the province of Castellón, built at the end of the 18th century about four kilometres from the village, on the way to Montanejos, next to the Santa Ana ravine, a tributary of the Villahermosa river, and a spring of fresh water. According to tradition, it was built after the saint appeared to a shepherdess from the nearby farmhouses. A plaque recalls that she saved the population from cholera at the end of the 19th century. Every 1 May a pilgrimage is held from the village with two solemn masses and market stalls, and on 26 July, the feast of San Joaquín and Santa Ana, a flatbread known as the rebaná is handed out to those attending. In recent years its façade and interior have been restored.

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