Heritage and enigmas of the past

Not far from this mountain village, whose emblematic church dedicated to San Miguel still preserves one of the tallest and most slender towers of Segovian Romanesque architecture, a place also remembered by the famous Archpriest of Hita, who there fell in love with the beauty of a beautiful cowgirl, there are other villages, peaceful havens of peace and glory, whose churches still preserve, for the enjoyment of curious travelers, disconcerting elements, which, depending on the perspective from which they are viewed, can lead one to think that the Devil, despite his strategy of making us believe that he does not exist, according to Baudelaire, sometimes amuses himself at our expense, completely disconcerting us.

In the temple of Saint Vincent - a curious saint, from Huesca, like Saint Lorenz, and whose martyrdom, as if by chance, reproduces the Egyptian myth of Osiris, when his body was dismembered and thrown into the sea, as well as being associated with the raven, the totemic animal of the powerful Celtic god Lug - there is a curious corbel, located in the apse, which not only surprises, but also invites speculation: a curious little devil, modern in appearance, planted in jars and stiffer than a chulapo from Madrid, which seems to have come straight from a Walt Disney film.

If we add to this the curious sentry box attached to the aforementioned apse, the presence inside of a Cignatus knight and the strange paintings on the side of the nave, which represent part of the history and martyrdom of Saint Vincent and below, two apparently unrelated motifs, such as a centaur hunting a deer and a crusader knight -some think a Templar knight- fighting a duel, we will not only have enough elements to live an authentic cultural adventure, but we will also have an idea of the immeasurable wealth that is still hidden in some of our greatest treasures: the towns of Spain.

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