ViRGeN DeL RoBLeDo SaNCTuaRy
A CeNTRe FoR LoCaL SPiRiTuaLiTy

El Robledo is one of the most unique sacred places in the Sierra de Francia. And for more than one reason. One of them is that, inside it, is the resting place of the bones and the skull of the Saint Maiden and the French visionary Simón Vela, who found the carved statue of Our lady that is worshipped in the Peña de Francia sanctuary. Another reason is that the existence of this very sanctuary is due to the discovery of another carved statue of Our Lady, which the locals worship in the San Sebastián church.
The sanctuary, which replaced an older one, was built in the 17th century. It has some noteworthy features: Mudejar coffered ceilings, the Cruz Bendita altarpiece, the pulpit, the baptismal font and the Baroque Christ statue kept in the sacristy.

If you walk around it searching for magical elements, you will find, around the cross set opposite the western door, some curious things like the date in which the church was supposedly built, the mould for a tool carved in the granite, or that the cross itself was used as a sundial.
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