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Hermitage of la Virgen de la Ortisella

Benafigos, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

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Hermitage of la Virgen de la Ortisella

Monument · Benafigos, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

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The Ermita de Nuestra Señora la Virgen de la Ortisella lies about three kilometres north of Benafigos, on the so-called Camino de la Ermita, and is listed as a Bien de Relevancia Local (an asset of local heritage significance). The sanctuary, built in 1567, was extended with various sections added to the rear and left side of the church; its façade, painted white like the rest of the complex, bears a small bell-gable with the date 1657 and, at its base, between two faces symbolising the sun and the moon, the date of a further renovation in 1803. It has two bays with external buttresses and a small sacristy added in 1853, with a 20th-century guesthouse. Facing the church stands a centuries-old elm, and beside the shrine flow three springs - de Dalt, de Baix and de Darrere - to which curative properties are attributed.

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