The Sacred Sierra
 
              
              
                
                  
                  The Sacred Sierra
                      Dawn over the Sierra
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Sant Antoni's Fire
                      Mid-winter fire festival
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Fire Watching
                      Spectators at the Sant Antoni fiesta
 
              
              
                
                  
                  The Way of Sant Antoni
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  21st -Century Moorish Ways
                      Four hundred years after the expulsion of Spain’s last Moors, elderly women of the Sierra still veil themselves in the ancient manner
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Cheese Making
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  The Shepherd
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Watching the Fiesta
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  A Pause
                      An afternoon rest, before the fiestas kick off again in the evening
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Masía Door
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Door Handle 1
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Door Handle 2
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Door Handle 3
                      Yes, that is what you think it is - and a very ancient symbol at that
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Masía Window
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Mountaintop Chapel
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  Leading From the Front
                      The procession to the mountaintop chapel enters its final phase
 
              
              
                
                  
                  The Onlooker
                      
                     
              
              
                
                  
                  The Pilgrim
                      A ‘Pelegrí’ from Les Useres approaches a Sacred Site
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Pelegríns
                      The pilgrimage resumes
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Tame Boar
                      Training a wild boar to hunt for black truffles
 
              
              
                
                  
                  Medieval Bridge
                      Winter in the Sierra
 
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
           
        
        
      
          