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| Ermita de la Virgin del Pino | Deze pagina in Nederlands |
The Ermita is above El Paso at the base of the Cumbre and near the entrance to the Cumbrecita.
It is said that the Virgin Mary appeared in a hollow in the tree. To celebrate this people made a small chapel which was later replaced by the church. |
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The chapel of La Virgen del Pino (the Virgen of the pine-tree). The history tells that the Holy Virgen made here her appearance.... |
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...and every three years the people celebrate this. The tree, in which the virgen appeared is more than 500 years old and the biggest
pine-tree on the island. |
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The tree where the virgin appeared and looking south towards the Cumbre. |
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Extensive exposed roots of a pine tree on the steep slopes of behind the Ermita. |
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One of the carved wooden scenes in the Ermita. |
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Lucky horseshoe circles a religious statue set high in the end wall of a house opposite the church. |
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View from the Ermita to the Cumbrecita and the northern wall of the Caldera de Taburiente beyond. |
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Pico Bejenado 1844m. |
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