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San Pedro Martir hermitage
The hermitage of San Pedro Mártir is on a mound on the outskirts of the village of Burbáguena, 1 km from the village centre, in the Jiloca District of Teruel.
This temple was erected in 1632 in honour of San Pedro Mártir, also known as San Pedro de Verona.
This 17th century Baroque building is part of the village’s architectural and religious heritage, along with other hermitages such as the San Bernabé hermitage, the San Nicolás hermitage, the San Miguel hermitage, also known as the La Magdalena hermitage, and the Santa Cruz hermitage, which today is in ruins.
It is a building consisting of a single nave with a rectangular floor plan and a gabled roof. Adjacent to the main building is a smaller structure, which also has a gable roof, at the narthex of the hermitage and orientated towards the village, which performs the shelter function of a portico or porch.
Moreover, in the hermitage’s chancel, there is what looks like a later addition. A complementary nave whose size varies between the size of the temple and the portico, which also has a pair of simple-looking oculi.
San Pedro Mártir de Verona is the patron saint of the municipality of Burbáguena. This church therefore plays an essential role in the patron saint festivities, which take place on the last weekend in April.
The festivities commence with a procession to the hermitage dedicated to the saint, which hosts a mass afterwards. The village and its people are then blessed and they ask for the saint’s protection.