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Shrine of Santa Cristina de Artana

Artana, La Plana Baixa, Castellón

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Shrine of Santa Cristina de Artana

Monument · Artana, La Plana Baixa, Castellón

Hermitage-sanctuary located two kilometers from Artana, on the road to Eslida, listed as a Bien de Relevancia Local (local-level heritage protection status in the Valencian Community). The current building dates from the 18th century and is part of a complex with rooms for the hermit, a guesthouse, and a leisure area around a natural spring, surrounded by a kind of rustic amphitheater. The simple façade opens with wide doorways onto a square surrounded by cypresses, with a porch and a single-bell wall belfry. Inside, with a Doric-style nave and a raised choir at the foot, the main altar holds an image of Santa Cristina, a copy of the Baroque carving in the parish church. Its festivities are held in July, with a pilgrimage on the 24th during which the water of the spring is blessed, invoked in times of drought.

Photo: 19Tarrestnom65 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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