Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Balma (Hospederia)

            The entrance to the Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Balma to the sanctuary is through a long medieval staircase of pebbles polished by transit. 
The path continues through a narrow corridor carved in the same rock, bordering the cliff, which leads to the entrance of the temple. A rugged cave church, irregularly shaped, with an original pulpit and an artistic fence enclosing the chapel, with Renaissance-style facade and bell tower built in the seventeenth century, where the Mare de Déu de la Balma, patron saint of Sorita del Maestrat, is venerated.
The name of Balma refers to a species of elongated concavity produced by the erosion in the rock. The sanctuary is embedded in a large concavity, and there is documentation of it being a place of pilgrimage since the fourteenth century.

Sorita (Els Ports/ Castelló/ Comunitat Valenciana/ Spain)
   

Taken in: Spain / Valencia / Zorita del Maestrazgo (show map)

Taken on: March 8, 2014

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Castellón

Nikon D90

AF-S DX Nikkor 10-24 mm f/3.5-4.5G ED

Sorita

Zorita

Zorita del Maestrat

Els Ports

Santuari de la Mare de Déu de la Balma

Santuario de la Virgen de la Balma

Sanctuary of Mare de Déu de la Balma

Renaixentista

Creu coberta

Lugares mágicos

Renaissance

Magical Places

Endemoniados

damned

Riu Bergantes

Lugar de peregrinaje

Place of pilgrimage

Hospedería

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Sets appears in: • Santuari de La Balma (Sorita)

Camera: Nikon D90, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 70mm (=105mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	70mm (35mm equivalent: 105mm)
ISO:	200
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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