SAINT LUCIA HERMITAGE 

It is a small hermitage with a square floor plan with a hipped roof topped with an ashlar ball on which a wrought iron cross stands. The walls are made of masonry and mortar, later plastered and whitewashed. A semicircular arch that is barely visible due to the whitewashing frames a door with a small window that allows lighting, ventilation and religious practices even when access is closed. In the 90s, the Association of Women from Alcublas installed a ceramic panel with the image of the martyr in the upper left corner.

Inside, also plastered, there is an altar with tablecloths, a central niche with an image of Saint Lucia, and two smaller niches on each side. It is the best preserved hermitage in the municipality since the white plaster is considered the proper material.

The cult of Saint Lucia and the construction of her hermitage were born from a private initiative in the 18th century, which over time spread and became public (Alcaide, 2008), currently on Saint Lucia’s Day a small bonfire is lit in the vicinity of this hermitage.