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Pilgrimage to la Balma from Villores

Villores, Els Ports, Castellón

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Pilgrimage to la Balma from Villores

Activity · Villores, Els Ports, Castellón

Image of Villores, not of the place itself.

La Balma has long been an important centre of pilgrimage for the towns of Castellón and Teruel, and in the eighteenth century it became famous as a destination for those making pilgrimage against 'els malignes', the so-called possessed, among them women who came from Aragón, including Caspe. The sanctuary, declared a historic-artistic monument in 1979, is also a summer resort today. From Villores, the pilgrimage is held every April, on the Saturday before the Monday of San Vicente.

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