According to the legend, there was a toro guarding the top of the mountain, preventing anyone could achieve. One day a few monks came to the summit attracted by a few lights mysterious coming out of its top. The bull enraged them went out to the passage, but when you see the crosses brought by the monks, he led meekly to a cave located on the top of the mountain where he was a image of the Virgin Marywho would be called “Our Lady of Mount Toro” or “Our Lady of the Bull”.
358 meters of altitude may seem few to a mount, but if it is located in a mediterranean island of fewer than 700 square kilometres, the thing changes. From its top you can see around the perimeter of the island, and even see the neighbouring Mallorca on a clear day. Do we go up to enjoy the magnificent views it offers us Mount Toro?
It is precisely the shrine of the Virgin of Monte Toro -run up to the past month of march 2018 by the nuns of the franciscan order of Mercy - site of pilgrimage, because it is the patron saint of Menorca. Built in the SEVENTEENTH century (1.670) on the remains of an ancient gothic churchthere you will find the wood carving of the virgin. The floor of the church is of a single nave with three chapels on each side. One of them is shown the cave where it is found to the virgin, as well as the amphora where he remained hidden under the ground during the Civil War. The church is crowned by a small dome was built on the cruise and is open every day for pilgrims and visitors free entry to anyone who comes up there.
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