Ermita de El Rocio, Andaluzia, Spain
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The Hermitage of El Rocío is a hermitage (A hermitage is a type of monastery)at El Rocío, Andalusia, Spain.
Waymark Code: WMC1DT
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 07/14/2011
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The Hermitage of El Rocío is a hermitage (A hermitage is a type of monastery)at El Rocío, Andalusia, Spain. The hermitage is home to the Virgin of El Rocío, a small, much-venerated carved wood statue, and is the destination of an annual procession/pilgrimage on the second day of the Pentecost, known as the Romería de El Rocío, connected to the veneration of the Virgin of El Rocío; in recent years the Romería has brought together roughly a million pilgrims each year.
Although there has been a hermitage on this site for centuries, the present hermitage building was designed by architects Antonio Delgado y Roig and Alberto Balbontín de Orta, designed in 1961 and built in stages over the next two decades.
Type of Church: Other
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of building construction: 01/01/1961
Archdiocese: Sevilla
Diocese: Huelva
Address/Location:
Ermita de El Rocio
El Rocio, Andalucia Spain
21750
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Date of organization: Not listed
Dominant Architectural Style: Not listed
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
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