At the time of the Taifa kingdoms inhabited by the Moorish king Sierra Morena Khayon , who was blind and his daughter Princess Erminda . U n good day the Princess was playing by a fountain and the Virgin Mary appeared in the form of a young girl, on top of an oak. Erminda scared not approached, but this appearance was repeated day after day, until he once was shining over the heads of the young an aura flashing.
Then Erminda intrigued and approached and asked
- Who are you?
- The Virgin Mary, "replied the girl -.
- Well then, if you are the Virgin of the Christians. Can you restore the sight of my father?.
- I will, in return I ask only one thing: converted to Christianity.
Erminda told him what happened to his father and after much pleading, and that he wished his father came to be the era when I could see, he managed to convince to be converted to the faith of Christ. Then when King was baptized Khayon his sight.
In appreciation began to build a chapel in her honor in a very close, which today contains an iron cross, but what they built during the day, evening was falling apart. Thus, King began to be afraid and tried to flee the scene, but when trying to cross the Ribera del Ara, the water was prevented and the Virgin appeared to him.
talked to her and she said that the chapel was being built collapsed because they made her the place she wanted. That is, in the oak where it first appeared. Thus, the chapel stood in the place that now exists and it is said that the oak was cut and returned to retoñecer.
This is the legend of the Ermita de la Virgen del Ara, a beautiful chapel I've had the pleasure of visiting this past weekend. Located a few miles from Fuente del Arco, in the south of Badajoz , and have made fresh well worth the nickname of the Sistine Chapel of Extremadura.
You can see a short video about her on the following link Canal Extremadura .
Sources: http://jayona.galeon.com/web/turismo/ermita/Pinturas% 20Murales% 20of% 20the% 20Ara.htm 20Santuario%
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