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Sanctuary of Nuestra
Señora de la Bien Aparecida |
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During the early
modern age, a great development of the hermitage and
sanctuary patterns took place in Cantabria, built in
order to keep the image of some Saint or Virgin object of
a strong popular devotion. The hermitages are usually
small buildings of good dressed stone, with simple plans
and elevations. A balustered railing appears on the main
façade, and others have a porch and a bell gable. Some
examples of hermitages are the hermitage of Santa Justa
in Ubiarco and the hermitage of Riclones in Celis. The
sanctuary, of a greater architectural importance, might
have been at first a hermitage, and later enlarged, when
it became property of the religious orders, and decorated
with important images, altarpieces, groin vaults, etc..
Some of the best samples are Baroque, such as the Sanctuary of the Bien Aparecida or
Montesclaros. |
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