Monasterio de la Santa Faz (Monasterio de la Santa Faz) description and photos - Spain: Alicante (Topic)

Monasterio de la Santa Faz, description and photos - Spain: Alicante. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Monasterio de la Santa Faz.

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The Monastery of Veronica's Plate in Santa Fe is a baroque monastery with a pyramidal dome, located in the district of Santa Fe, 5 km from the borders of the Spanish resort of Alicante. Legend has it that in 1489 a piece of cloth was brought here from the Vatican, with which Saint Veronica wiped the bleeding face of Christ when he carried his cross to Calvary. Until the 6th century, the canvas was kept in Jerusalem, then, when the Muslims took possession of the holy land, it was transported to Cyprus, and later to Constantinople. In 1453, after fleeing the Turks, the heir to the emperor ended up in Rome with a sacred relic. And already there she fell into the hands of a certain Pedro Mena, who arrived in Rome to receive an appointment as a priest in Alicante.

Today, the relic of the Santa Fe monastery is kept in a special safe behind the main altar, to open which you need 4 different keys, which, in turn, are stored in different places of the city. Another legend tells how in the 15th century, when Alicante suffered from a terrible drought for a year, people came to the monastery to pray in front of the canvas, and a tear fell from the face of Christ imprinted on the canvas, and the next day it began to rain. From that moment on, the annual pilgrimage to Santa Fe began, the purpose of which is to thank for all the good things that have happened in the past year. From 200 to 300 thousand pilgrims annually pass the 7.5-kilometer path of Peregrina de la Santa Fe from the Cathedral of San Nicolas in Alicante to the Monastery of Plaid Veronica - this is the second largest pilgrimage in Spain. The pilgrims journey begins early in the morning: most are dressed in black robes, many walk barefoot after the cross, making stops and refreshing during them with the local mistela wine and homemade rolls. When the crowd approaches the monastery (the journey takes about 2.5 hours), the safe with the relic is opened, candles are lit and a solemn service begins. Still, the celebrations last four days.

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