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Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Cártama, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Commemorated on April 23
A shepherd found what he thought was a little doll and decided to take it to his daughter as gift, but every time he brought it home, it disappeared and returned to where he found it. When he recogized it as an image of the Virgin Mary, he built a chapel there.
The name of the Remedies dates to 1579 as a result of her intercession in the plague suffered by the region.
History
Cártama is a municipality located in the province of Málaga, with a population of 20,000. It's located 17 km from Málaga and part of its metropolitan area. Currently he is a peripheral ciduad of the capital, and its economy is based on the cultivation of citrus, a meat company and a thriving industry and local trade favored their situation crossroads.
The town's patron is the Virgin of the Remedies, located on the chapel of the same name, with great devotion among the inhabitants.
The shrine of Our Lady of Remedies in Safflower, is an excellent example of social and religious overlap that starts in the post-Christian conquest times (1485), in which the legendary deeds of the discovery of the Virgin are at the place that is definitely strengthened when the invocation of Our Lady of Remedies arises, during the epidemic of 1579, and that extends to the present in that devotion remains alive and echoing in the county.
DISCOVERY OF THE VIRGIN
Traditions say that the image of the Virgin was found by a shepherd. From father to son is counting a shepherd guarding his cattle on the rugged cliffs that rise before the people, found one day, a small delicate carving figurine with a cute face very smooth profiles. The pastor was very pleased with the find because he thought it was a beautiful doll and thought offering it to his daughter as an unexpected gift, which, along with his food, he sought a dent in your wallet esparteño.
When you get home and look in the bag that he had the gift for the girl, found the doll. Doubtful himself, thought only reason lost or forgotten was possible to attribute the incident and blamed sloppy. Sun rose again and returned to the shepherd of the hill pasture, and in the same place as the day before, great was his surprise to rediscover gracious sculpture. Put it back in the rustic satchel who claimed and secured with the strap.
What was his wonder and amazement to see that evening at home, which again lacked the image so carefully put it in his bag. Three times he had repeated the incredible phenomenon and have the pastor, a man of old simple Christian faith, surprised at the case, thought it was a call from heaven, he consulted with the priest of the village and other pious persons possible miracle happened , for them, most people know, solve the grave so far above science and humble shepherd resources issue.
Recognized at the place of the persistent appearance delicate figurine turned out to be a small picture of the Virgin Mary, and all agreed it was a neat way to the Divine Lady had wanted to express their will at that rustic mountain he was offered and rendered cult devotion, rising in his honor a chapel and manor giving the patronage of the people and the region. Secular tradition has it that the dedication and devotion of that first image and subsequently was Monte de los Remedios.
The actual title of the Remedies, goes back to the last third of the sixteenth century, in times of an epidemic devastating plague. The April 23, 1579, it was decided by the inhabitants of the place procesionar the image of the patron, stopping the plague then. Grateful people for the favor and remedy the evil, agreed by the Municipal Council before the ecclesiastical notary and diocesan bishop, "celebrate thereafter and forever, the role of thanksgiving every April 23."
THE FEAST OF THE VIRGIN
The feast of Our Lady of Remedies is celebrated in the month of April. On the 22nd of this month down his hermitage, a Cartama shoulders towards the village church (St. Peter the Apostle), where it will remain until the first Sunday in June to return to their sanctuary.
With the descent of the Virgin starts the selected village festivals, which last about four or five days. The great day of the patron, of course, is on April 23 in which his feast is celebrated, consisting procesionarla was on his throne by two of the main streets of the town (Calle Arriba and Calle de Enmedio), leaving parish and returning to it. They are the same villagers, by turns, both men and women, who are responsible for carrying on their shoulders.
These celebrations are accompanied by a cattle fair of great historical tradition, which are shuffled and close deals, trades are made, as well as becoming a social event of special importance, and a meeting place and reference of farmers in the province and region.
The first Sunday in June takes place "the Subía" day the patron returns to his hermitage, remaining there until the following year.
In 2002 the Andalusian declared the festival in honor of the Virgin of Our Lady of Remedies as National Tourist Interest in Andalusia, and in 2004 the Hon. Malaga Provincial Council, as tour Singularity.
THE HERMITAGE
The site of the chapel, on the summit of a hill called Monte de la Virgen, the culture becomes the landscape and its interior, particularly in the chapel tower, we find an outstanding example of Andalusian Baroque which has been linked with copies the category of the dressing of Our Lady of Victory of Málaga and the Virgen de los Remedios de Antequera.
After a long journey through a winding and steep path that suits the rugged terrain, we arrive at the Shrine of Our Lady of Remedios who live in simplicity and popular character of its external image with its baroque recharging internal ornamentation.
The first congregation space and rest after the climb, it is an irregularly shaped atrium accessed, overcome three steps ramp, through a fence casting. On the north side of the atrium provides a viewpoint from which a panoramic view of the town of Cártama and Vega del Guadalhorce is perceived. Through an open-taxable sides by arches and covered by three water porch roof, is the only access to the interior: a cover with arch between pilasters supporting an entablature interrupted by the anagram of Mary.
The Hermitage has a single nave covered by a barrel vault and transverse central medallion and gold overlay decoration, pilasters supporting Doric cajeadas on hanging coats imperial capitals. Gussets of gilded leaves with invocations to María punctuate the walls of the nave.
The dome between transverse sections hold a central rosette moldings mixtilíneas between boxes decorated inside. Nearest the chancel finial hangs a little angel holding a laurel wreath and an ostrich egg.
The hemispherical dome that covers the square space of the chancel rests on pendentives in which paintings of the four Evangelists appear framed with gold trim. The soffit of the arch is divided into eight segments by narrow strips of rib including golden leaves and rosettes. Among the bands are mixtilíneas triangular moldings enclosing gilded acanthus decoration. On the side walls surrounded pendants hanging around at the bottom of acanthus Marian emblems appear.
On the right side of the chancel, facing the altar, a hollow way to the sacristy and Santeria house opens and climb the stairs to the dressing room is reached.
The focal point of the church is the chapel-tower, attached to the head, where the tiny statue of Our Lady of Remedies on silver shrine houses. In the dressing room, hexagonal, its angles are emphasized by pilasters bent that are almost hidden by clumps that spread stems with flowers, acanthus leaves and fruits, while the panels between pilasters are chaired by a golden scallop of that start long and fleshy acanthus leaves intertwined, which seem to arise from cornucopias and wound about themselves opening cascade in the base.
In the vault, the bulky plant decoration covers everything in a radial distribution which converges in the hexagonal medallion key. Although the construction of the building was possibly lift the sixteenth century, is in the final years of the seventeenth or early eighteenth century when, with the construction of the car and the redecoration of the interior face of the baroque city which currently holds is reached.