Ermita de Zamarrilla
Baroque chapel where a fugitive bandit's legend still clings to a sorrowful Virgin's mantle.
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This guide to the Ermita de Zamarrilla in Málaga tells of Cristóbal Ruiz Bermúdez, a bandit from the Serranía de Ronda known as Zamarrilla, who led a gang accused of robbery and murder before fleeing across the strait to Tangier. It follows his capture, his return to Spain in chains, and the local legend that he ducked into this small hermitage during his final flight, hiding beneath the mantle of the Sorrowful Virgin while soldiers searched the pews. You'll hear what he supposedly did with a white rose from the altar before leaving. Stand before that same Virgin as you listen.
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