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Hermitage of Sant Sebastià de La Pobla de Vallbona

La Pobla de Vallbona, El Camp de Túria, Valencia

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Hermitage of Sant Sebastià de La Pobla de Vallbona

Monument · La Pobla de Vallbona, El Camp de Túria, Valencia

The hermitage of Sant Sebastià, built in the late 19th century and listed as a Bien de Relevancia Local (Spain's regional heritage-protection status, below Bien de Interés Cultural), stands next to the Calvario that presides over a square with a fountain dedicated to the martyr saint, one of the historic religious sites in the town centre of La Pobla de Vallbona. Oriented east to west, it has its wooden entrance door on the south side, with the hermit's house beside it. On the main altar, above the sacrifice table, a mural painting of Sant Sebastià tied to a tree is preserved, the work of the decorative painter Benjamín Biot, a native of Meliana, made in 1945. Since time immemorial, every 20 January the Pujà del Sant takes place, the carrying of the saint's image up to the hermitage.

Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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