Hermitage of Santa Elena

This is the single hermitage of Caravaca that still fulfils the aim for which was built: to offer religious service to people living in one of the most populous neighbourhoods of Caravaca. This is where the solemn “foot-kissing” ceremony takes place on the first Friday of March before the image of Our Father Jesus Nazareno.

Its construction possibly began on the first quarter of the XVII century, since there are references to it around 1632, and finished in the XVIII century after many expansions, giving it the appearance that has nowadays. One of these expansions was the construction of a niche that implied an urban modification and covered with a kind of tunnel Atienza Street on which the niche is.

It is located next to the popular Caballos del Vino Square – commonly known as Plaza del Hoyo- where the monument to this horse tradition is.

Mass times: Saturdays at 5.30 pm.

Geographical coordinates: Latitude 38.1073356 Length -1.8659343