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14-SEP-2014

Santuari de la Balma. La Creu Cuberta

The big day in Zorita del Maestrazgo is on September 8, when people from numerous populations of Castellón and Teruel go the sanctuary, and having their principal meeting in the beautiful "creu coberta" (cover cross) located at the beginning of the access road to the sanctuary. This cross is protected under a dome supported by several pillars and frescoed with religious motifs that were painted in the nineteenth century by the painter Cruells.
In front of this cross covered annually is represented the struggle between good and evil in a lovely dancing. The journalist José Luis Serrano Fabregat, festivals and customs specialist, believes that Zorita dances can be "the rest of one of the most ancient sacred representations in Castellón area

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Hennie & Lies Lammers19-Oct-2014 16:11
Nice capture with great detail. V
Marcia Colelli19-Oct-2014 15:59
Very beautiful artistic work and architecture. Wonderful exposure and color V
Tom Munson19-Oct-2014 15:54
Beautiful work, Jose.
Helen Betts19-Oct-2014 15:53
Detail and color in that dome are excellent, and a most interesting story. V.
hge5419-Oct-2014 15:27
Amazing. I have never seen anything like it. V
Dougie Young19-Oct-2014 15:09
A beautiful structure well captured Jose and as always an interesting read..:>
laine19-Oct-2014 13:10
That is beautiful..I can see why it is considered sacred V
Jim Coffman19-Oct-2014 12:53
A very nice capture of all of this detail!
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