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Rogation of Xodos to Sant Joan de Penyagolosa

Xodos, L'Alcalatén, Castellón

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Rogation of Xodos to Sant Joan de Penyagolosa

Activity · Xodos, L'Alcalatén, Castellón

Image of Xodos, not of the place itself.

The residents of Xodos make a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Sant Joan de Penyagolosa, at the foot of the peak of the same name and within the Penyagolosa natural park, on a route of about seven kilometres accompanied by traditional chants. The sanctuary, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), is arranged around a square and an interior arcaded courtyard containing the oldest quarters of the complex; its church, with a single nave, bears at its foot a stone doorway dated 1706. The image of Sant Joan presides over the temple, a carving from the 12th-13th centuries badly damaged by the fires suffered throughout its history, of which a copy is kept to ensure the survival of the original.

sábado anterior al domingo de la Trinidad

Photo: Pacopac (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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