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Shrine at Monte Toro
A large statue of Jesus with a smaller statue of Mary at his feet. The name Monte Toro comes form the Arabic for "highest mountain" but local legend has it the site was named for a bull (toro in Spanish) that found a statue of the Virgin in a cleft in the rock. The altar in the Church up here features a statue of the Virgin with the famous bull at her feet.
Menorcan Semana Santa
April 12th 2009 For the long Easter weekend a friend and I traveled to the least trumpeted of the Balearic Islands off the west coast of Spain, Menorca. Menorca is Ibiza and Mallorca's small, unassuming neighbor to the north. For a couple of friends looking to de-stress and unwind, it was the perfect island getaway. We rented a car and spent four days crisscrossing the tiny isle familiarizing ourselves with its c
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