The Ecce Homo Hermitage

The Ermita del Ecce Homo, or Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Caña as it is known by the locals, is a place of cultural interest to learn about the tradition of the Baroque Christian festivities in Frigiliana. The procession of images representing the Christian faith is a tradition present in Frigiliana since the sixteenth century, although the images that are carried in procession today are later, neo-baroque of the twentieth century, and do not serve to document the time of origin, but are only evidence of the permanence of the tradition in the population. On Holy Wednesday the Ecce Homo is carried in procession from this hermitage to the Church of San Antonio, a piece in polychrome wood of neo-baroque style made in the second half of the twentieth century.