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Hermitage of Santa Bárbara de Tírig

Tírig, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

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Hermitage of Santa Bárbara de Tírig

Monument · Tírig, L'Alt Maestrat, Castellón

Hermitage of Santa Bárbara de Tírig

Chapel located on the outskirts of Tírig, about four kilometres away, in the Can Redo area, on a rocky platform atop a hill offering wide views over the village and the Alt Maestrat. According to legend, it was built by a resident of Tírig grateful for surviving unharmed a lightning strike that destroyed his house; work began in 1603 under the direction of the French stonemason Joan Gogia. It is a simple, austere building, rectangular in plan at 17 by 5 metres with a single nave, whitewashed rubble-stone walls, a pitched roof outside and a barrel vault inside. It is listed as a Bien de Relevancia Local (an asset of local heritage significance). Its feast day is celebrated on 4 December with a pilgrimage from the village, mass, and the distribution of the traditional "panets" (bread rolls).

Photo: Lothur (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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