THE SHRINE OF THE VIRGEN DE LA OLIVA

The shrine is the most modern building on the site and was built in the fifteenth century. The ruins of a late twelfth century Romanic church were taken advantage of for this, which, in turn had been built on the ruins of a large Visigothic church constructed towards the end of the sixth century.

Until well into the sixteenth century the hermitage was a place of romerías, or religious festivities, celebrated by the villages of the area. The inhabitants preserved the memory of the existence of a great ancient city with part of the ruins still visible on the ground.