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This shrine is located on a crossroads, with the "Asentadero - Bosque de los Espejos"Land Art Footpath being one of them, an invitation to discover the mountains by walking to the towns of Sequeros, San Martín del Castañar and Las Casas del Conde. 
The shrine itself is a simple building erected between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and the Cofradía de la Vera Cruz (True Holy Cross Brotherhood) was since then in charge of its maintenance. The Brotherhood strived to assist the dying and their families. Due to its caring purpose, most of the town belonged to the Brotherhood, a situation that lasted for centuries, until in the 20th century it gradually dwindled, to finally disappear in 1950.
In the mid 19th century, the shrine was used as a corpse deposit; it was probably then that he habit began of stopping funerals there to pray on the way to the cemetery.

Inside the chapel there is a statue known as Cristo de las Batallas (Christ of Battles), a simple, Gothic style carving that was subjected to great devotion, in particular during times of war, when mothers came to ask for protection for their sons.