Ermita Virgen de la Peña. Mijas Pueblo. Andalucia. Spain. (Straight out of camera)
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rock of Mijas ( Malaga province , Spain ) was excavated in the rock about 1548 by Mercedarian friars. However, tradition has it that the Virgin Mary appeared between the walls of the old castle in 1586 , remaining hidden during the eight centuries of Muslim rule realized on the peninsula.
After the conquest by the Crown of Castile of the last pre strongholds capital of Kingdom of Granada , legends and sacred Marian apparitions multiplied. The appearance of the Virgen de la Peña , follows the typical pattern of other appearances, such as the sacred books of the Albayzín and others.
The vision is attributed to the brothers Juan and Asunción Bernal Linaire, who being in the tasks of grazing saw in the top of the tower of the castle to a dove that was transfigured in the Virgin, being this the one that gave notice to them of its whereabouts. The finding is reported as was done before Corpus Christi .
This type of apparition and story came to represent the return to Christianity of the areas taken to the Muslims. Mijas was totally depopulated of Muslims, since they never surrendered and were turned into slaves and expelled from their houses. These visions meant the consecration to the religiosity of the winner.
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Ermita Virgen de la Peña. Mijas Pueblo. Andalucia. Spain. (Straight out of camera)
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rock of Mijas ( Malaga province , Spain ) was excavated in the rock about 1548 by Mercedarian friars. However, tradition has it that the Virgin Mary appeared between the walls of the old castle in 1586 , remaining hidden during the eight centuries of Muslim rule realized on the peninsula.
After the conquest by the Crown of Castile of the last pre strongholds capital of Kingdom of Granada , legends and sacred Marian apparitions multiplied. The appearance of the Virgen de la Peña , follows the typical pattern of other appearances, such as the sacred books of the Albayzín and others.
The vision is attributed to the brothers Juan and Asunción Bernal Linaire, who being in the tasks of grazing saw in the top of the tower of the castle to a dove that was transfigured in the Virgin, being this the one that gave notice to them of its whereabouts. The finding is reported as was done before Corpus Christi .
This type of apparition and story came to represent the return to Christianity of the areas taken to the Muslims. Mijas was totally depopulated of Muslims, since they never surrendered and were turned into slaves and expelled from their houses. These visions meant the consecration to the religiosity of the winner.
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