CALVARY THRESHING FLOOR

The Calvary Threshing Floor is a site of great historical, cultural, and spiritual value located on the outskirts of Monda.

This place houses the Altar of Calvary, an 18th-century religious monument marking the final station of the Way of the Cross during Monda’s Holy Week. The altar, built from fired brick and whitewashed, features three sections crowned with wrought-iron crosses and niches that once held religious images.

At the foot of the altar lies a large circular threshing floor, paved with pebbles from nearby streams such as the Acarazín. This design facilitated the threshing and winnowing of grain. It is a representative example of traditional Andalusian threshing floors, constructed at the end of the 19th century, though traces of an earlier structure remain on the same site.

During Holy Week, the site becomes the setting for candlelit processions, where the floats of the Crucified Christ and the Virgin Mary are carried to the altar accompanied by prayers and hymns.