Navarra / Camino de Santiago · Spain
Church of Saint Mary of Eunate
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easy
9/10
best: morning, spring, autumn
mysterious, spiritual, serene
A local would say...
Nobody knows why this perfect 12th-century chapel was built alone in the middle of a field — and nobody knows why the dead were buried around it either.
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Surrounded by cornfields and brushed by wildflowers, the near-perfect octagonal Romanesque chapel of Santa María de Eunate is one of the most picturesque chapels along the entire Camino de Santiago. Dating from around the 12th century, its origins — and the reason why it sits alone in the middle of nowhere — remain a mystery. Built by the Knights Templar, it has the same 12-sided plan as Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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