{"id":8830,"date":"2019-01-11T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T07:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/lugar\/sanctuary-of-the-christ-of-the-cloth-of-moclin\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T10:11:09","slug":"sanctuary-of-the-christ-of-the-cristo-del-pano","status":"publish","type":"lugar","link":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/lugar\/sanctuary-of-the-christ-of-the-cristo-del-pano\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary of the Cristo del Pa\u00f1o of Mocl\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The church of the Encarnaci\u00f3n in Mocl\u00edn, where the shrine of Cristo del Pa\u00f1o is located, is linked to a major work by Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, Yerma<\/em><\/a>, and to The pilgrimage of the cuckolds<\/em><\/a>, a ballet by Gustavo Pittaluga based on a verbal argument by Lorca and Cipriano Rivas Cherif<\/a> which was premiered on 9 November 1933 at the Teatro Calder\u00f3n in Madrid by the company of Encarnaci\u00f3n L\u00f3pez J\u00falvez, La Argentinita<\/em><\/a>, music by Gustavo Pittaluga and set by Alberto S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n

The church, like all the old churches of the diocese of Granada, was founded in 1501 after the conquest of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs. It was built on the site of an ancient mosque. Construction began in 1505, although the design of the main chapel, attributed to Diego de Silo\u00e9, had to wait until 1543.<\/p>\n

The name of the Christ comes from one of its healing specialties: eye cataract, also called ‘pa\u00f1o’ (cloth) disease in Spanish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The building underwent several vicissitudes so that its current appearance is contemporary and dates back to 1940. The last modification is dated 1949 under the direction of the architect Francisco Prieto-Moreno.<\/p>\n

The presbytery is presided over by the image of the Cristo del Pa\u00f1o, an oil painting of 2.64 by 2.21 meters that, according to a legend impossible to prove, was used by the soldiers of the Catholic Monarchs as a standard during the Reconquest and then given to the population as a gift of gratitude.<\/p>\n

\"Pilgrimage-of-the-Christ-of-the-Cloth.\"<\/a>
Pilgrimage of the Cristo del Pa\u00f1o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The painting, which represents a Christ with the cross on his back, of great veneration in all the villages of the Eastern Mountains, the Vega and the bordering municipalities of Ja\u00e9n, has been restored so many times that it is practically impossible to establish both its origin and its original appearance.<\/strong> However, the iconographic and devotional repercussion of this Christ has been and is enormous, to the point of having a specific altar in the Cathedral of Granada.<\/p>\n

The Church authorized the cult in 1695 but banned it between 1957 and 1971 after a priest cracked it and poured over it a bucket containing lime to end the frauds committed by some pilgrims taking advantage of the festival.<\/p>\n

\"Pilgrimage<\/a>
Pilgrimage of the Cristo del Pa\u00f1o.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pilgrimage was reinstated and continues to be an attraction for thousands of people who come every October 5 to ask for miracles of all kinds to the canvas, which is carried on a platform through the streets of the town. The name of the Christ comes from one of its healing specialties: eye cataract, also called ‘pa\u00f1o’ (cloth) disease in Spanish. In addition, the devotees usually rub handkerchiefs and cloths of all kinds on the canvas, which are then applied to the damaged parts of the body to repair them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8833,"template":"","inters_del_lugar":[119],"ruta":[120],"class_list":["post-8830","lugar","type-lugar","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inters_del_lugar-indispensable","ruta-route-of-la-vega"],"trid":"3894","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lugar\/8830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lugar"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lugar"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inters_del_lugar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inters_del_lugar?post=8830"},{"taxonomy":"ruta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universolorca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ruta?post=8830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}