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The Romeria de la Virgin Saliente, takes place every year on the 7th/8th September.  (A Romería is a Spanish religious pilgrimage.  The word “Romería” comes from “romero”, meaning those travelling towards Rome. It is a Catholic celebration that consists of a trip or peregrination that ends at a sanctuary or hermitage. It is not necessarily always a trip, but in some cases a celebration that lasts all day long.) 

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To the north of Albox, atop the Sierra de Las Estancias mountain range, is the Monastery of the Virgin of the Saliente (now declared a monument of artistic and historical importance).  The monastery, built to grand proportions, was commissioned by Bishop Claudio Sanz Torres y Ruiz de Castañedo in 1769, and constructed on the site of a primitive hermitage. 

It contains the image of the Virgin of the Saliente (Virgin Mary), represented by a beautiful 60cm statue consisting of five elements, distinctive of apocalyptic iconography and referred to in The Book of Revelation Chapter 12.

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