Abandoned chapel in Muro's forested hills: a magical refuge of religious history

The Ermita de Sant Vicenç Ferrer, hidden among the hills 360 meters northeast of Can Pongem in Muro, Spain, is a vestige of a once-thriving hermitage. Plunged in the heart of the forest, this ruinous building shares its space with an abundance of vegetation. The humble Ermita, with its rich local heritage, offers a moment of enchanting solitude and a glimpse into the town’s enduring religious traditions. Delicately nestled between the cliffs of Palleja, a region known as fort desnivell, this hermitage is a rectangular structure, extending 8 meters in length and 4 meters in width.

Constructed with masonry, it is 50 cm thick, with plaster on both the inside and the outside. The presumed entrance may have been in the western wall. Only parts of the side walls remain. The southern wall is mostly gone. A small remnant of the original floor survives in the northern wall. The southern wall is mostly gone, with the only wall that remains standing being the northern one, which holds a niche – a place where tradition suggests Saint Vincent Ferrer once dwelled. Antoni Sospedra suggests the hermitage was constructed following the canonization of Saint Vincent Ferrer in 1455.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata