70 hermitages and sanctuaries to discover on the occasion of a ride or hike: a unique religious architectural heritage in Europe.

# other land in Europe does not have a rich religious architectural heritage, nor dense in such a reduced space: if you ask in a village "Donde Esta La Ermita? We will answer you: "The Cual? " Because it's not one, but sometimes three or four ermitas that has the slightest pueblo.
This profusion is the result of the story, the confrontation of two companies, of two religions that have come together and confronted for more than seven centuries. But it is also thanks to the particular geography of the Aragon and in particular from Haut-Aragon, mountainous earth, conducive to resistance and guerrillas, and the Sierras who have provided a large number of sites favorable to the implantation From shelters and refuges under rock, in inaccessible cliffs where the hermit and warriors were established.
This exceptional heritage had almost disappeared, but for more than forty years a resurrection has occurred. Associations, public and private institutions, municipalities, religious and individuals have undertaken to restore these monuments that threatened ruin. There are thousands of sites, cuevas-santuarios monasteries (the caves sanctuaries), through churches and ermitas.
After an indispensable historical reminder, Michel Record offers to discover 70, mostly at a walk or a hike. Walking to these sanctuaries plunges us into the intimacy of the places, in the spiritual quest of these men who are loneling and nature. His favorites, emblematic places, other more intimate or unknown (wrongly), which he makes us share thanks to his expert feather and his beautiful photographs.