Santa María de Guía

We now find ourselves on the steps of the Church of Santa María de Guía, the representative building of the historic centre of this town. Its origins date back to the hermitage built by the founder of the town, completed in 1509 and named parish church in 1533. As the t...

Church of Santa María de Guía.

According to legend, the devotion to the image of the Virgen de Guía in this municipality began when it was found inside a box on the coast of the area and its discovery was considered miraculous, so it was ordered to be transferred to the Cathedral of Santa Ana. As the...

Origin of the Virgin of Guía

In 1811, the northern region was affected by a plague of locusts, a yellow fever epidemic and a long drought. According to legend, the peasants of the region gathered on Monte Vergara, in the midlands of Guía, to pray to the Virgin to help them put an end to the locusts...