Hermitage of El Rocío
The Hermitage of El Rocío is a hermitage at El Rocío in the countryside of Almonte, Province of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. The hermitage is home to the Virgin of El Rocío, a small, much-venerated carved wood statue, and is the destination of an annual…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: cultural property in Almonte, Spain
- Also known as: “El Rocío”, “Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Rocio”, “National Shrine of Our Lady of the Dew”, “Sanctuary of El Rocio”, “Sanctuary of El Rocío”, and “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Visitors center La Rocina.
Visitors center La Rocina
Tourism office
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Visitors center La Rocina is a tourism office, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Hermitage of El Rocío.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Rocio.
El Rocio
El Rocio is a village in Huelva Province in Andalucia. This village has three unusual characteristics: its annual pilgrimage or rosario that takes place at Pentecost; its stunning position at the very edge of a large expanse of water where there are many species of waterfowl together with marsh mares and cattle wading through the shallow water; and its streets covered in sand.
Hermitage of El Rocío
- Categories: historic site, shrine to the Virgin Mary, sanctuary, national shrine, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Almonte, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.13071° or 37° 7′ 51″ northLongitude
-6.48475° or 6° 29′ 5″ westOpen location code
8C9M4GJ8+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 35585757OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q3325000
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Hermitage of El Rocío” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Santuari de El Rocío”
- Catalan: “Santuari”
- Catalan: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Dutch: “Hermitage of El Rocío”
- Esperanto: “Ermitejo de El Rocío”
- French: “Sanctuaire de la Blanche-Colombe d’El Rocío”
- French: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Galician: “Ermida de El Rocío”
- Galician: “Santuario de El Rocío”
- Galician: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- German: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Hebrew: “מנזר אל רוסיו”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Pertapaan El Rocío”
- Italian: “Santuario del Rocío”
- Japanese: “エル・ロシーオの教会”
- Japanese: “エル・ロシーオの礼拝堂”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Ermita de El Rocio”
- Spanish: “Ermita de El Rocío”
- Spanish: “Ermita de la Blanca Paloma”
- Spanish: “Ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Rocinas”
- Spanish: “Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Ermita del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Santuario de El Rocio”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío y la zona que lo rodea”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Santuario del Rocio”
- Spanish: “Santuario del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Rocío”
- Spanish: “Santuario y Aldea de El Rocío (delimitación)”
- Spanish: “Santuario y Aldea del Rocío”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capilla Votiva Nuestra Señora del Rocío and Hermandad de Huelva.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hermitage of El Rocío”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.