Nestled against the old fort wall between cobble stone roads sits Capilla de Cristo, dedicated to Christ the healer. It's strategic location is based on a miracle that took place hundreds of years ago during a San Juan festival just over the edge of the towering fort walls.
During this festival it was tradition for a group of folks to race horses around the perimeter of the city walls and on this particular year one of the more promising racers took a turn too sharp and plummeted over the wall, horse and all. As he was falling to his inevitable death an elderly onlooker cried out to 'Christ the Healer and good fortune' for his life to be spared miraculously the man survived!
So after this they built a shrine to Christ the Healer and good fortune.
This shrine is particularly interesting, however because numerous people come here to ask for healing to specific areas of their bodies by placing small silver charms of what ever body part my be inflicted upon the shrine. So framed against the wall and laying on the ground are silver hearts, hands, lungs, legs, heads and all kinds body parts.
Outside of the shrine they sell small silver charms for people to offer or carry with them, so I got a silver leg.
When I was younger I severely broke my leg and as I get old I notice that after rain storms or a jog that it starts to ache. So we'll see how the charm works.
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