Spain - Ronda - Cave Chapel of the Virgen de la Cabeza

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Travel story: Spain - Ronda - Cave Chapel of the Virgen de la Cabeza

The cave chapel of the Virgen de la Cabeza (Virgin of the Head), from the 9th-10th century a.d., also called as Caves of St. Anton, is enterely digged in the rocks.

After the arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (711 A.D.), lots of the Spanish-goths communities, defeated by the conquerors, continued living at their ancestor's land, keeping, at the same time, their beliefs and traditions. They are the so called "Mozarabs".

There can be found three different areas.... More