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Legend of the soldiers and the Cross of Mahoya

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Legend of the soldiers and the Cross of Mahoya

Curiosity · Abanilla, Oriental, Murcia

Image of Abanilla, not of the place itself.

An alternative version of the origin of the Cruz de Mahoya, telling how two soldiers left a wooden cross beside an irrigation channel and how it miraculously returned to the spot after being taken to the parish church.

Photo: Fuentes1988 (Public domain)

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