The Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, located on a promontory from which you can see the Sierra de Andújar, is the second most visited Andalusian sanctuary after the hermitage of El Rocío.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

March 10, 2022

The Basilica and Royal Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Head is a sanctuary located in the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, in the area known colloquially as Cerro del Cabezo, 32 km north of the city of Andújar (Jaén). This is the place where the image of the Virgen de la Cabeza, patron saint of Andújar, is venerated.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

July 10, 2022

It was initially built between 1287 and 1304 on the Cerro de la Cabeza, from which it takes its title, and where the image appeared in 1227. During its existence it has undergone various transformations, the main at the end of the 16th century by the architect Andrés de Vandelvira. The temple, a new plant after its almost complete destruction during the last Civil War, was elevated to the rank of minor basilica by means of a papal brief on April 21, 2010.

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Juano Mesas 🚴‍♂️🎼👨‍🎓✍️

May 31, 2024

Since 1227, the date on which the apparition of the Virgin of the Head to Pastor Juan de Rivas is recorded, the celebration of the pilgrimage is commemorated on the last Sunday of April of each year, although the apparition took place on the night of the 11th. to August 12, 1227 in whose memory a kind of small pilgrimage is also celebrated on that date in the same Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Head.

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Pedro Carrillo

June 16, 2021

The oldest pilgrimage in Spain is held here.

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Location: Andújar, Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

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