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Virgen del Rosario hermitage
The Virgen del Rosario hermitage is on the outskirts of Luco del Jiloca. The village is near the course of the River Pancrudo, a few metres from its mouth in the River Jiloca, in the municipality of Calamocha.
The area where this hermitage stands is popularly known as Entrambasaguas, which refers to the confluence of the two rivers. A strategic enclave for many villages, of which some traces can still be found near the hermitage.
This temple, built between the 16th and 18th centuries, consists of a single nave, covered with a barrel vault, and it has a Latin cross floor plan. Made of masonry, it is unknown who built this hermitage, but various documents suggest that it was commissioned by the master builder Francisco Subirón.
It consists of a portico typical of the area, an adjoining structure with a quadrangular floor plan and a gable roof supported by two columns, which would have acted as a portico or porch.
On the outside, at the church’s narthex, there is a simple-looking belfry with a single bell. Moreover, a rectangular aisle seems to have been added later to the original plan; the entrance to it from the outside is currently walled in.
But, without a doubt, the most outstanding feature of this hermitage is the half-orange dome, which has a lantern tower supported by pendentives, and the brick octagonal dome on which it rests. Two large architectures elements that stand out against the size of the main nave.
The interior also contains several reredoses from the 16th to 18th centuries.
On the first Saturday in May, there is a pilgrimage that leads up to this hermitage from Luco de Jiloca and Lechago.
