The festival dates back to the middle ages, and is so called after the place Chilla where the hermitage of the Virgin Nuestra Señora stands. On the day of the celebrations the villagers and more than 12,000 people who attend the event commemorate the apparition of the Virgen de Chilla to a young Shepherd around the year 1300.

According to the legend the Shepherd Firnardo, from the village of Calera, gathered his flock and took them to the mountain one day, as he did every day, but one of his goats ate some poisonous grass by misfortune and died. The Virgin appeared and revived the goat, and now she always appears with the symbol of a goat.

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Date

Segundo domingo de septiembre

Classification of Festivities

Castilla y León Tourist Interest

Kind of Festivity

Religious/Patron Saint Festivities

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    • Postal address Candeleda. NaN. Ávila
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    • Candeleda town hall

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    • Candeleda tourism office

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    • Ávila tourism office

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      • Postal address Centro de Recepción de Visitantes - Avda. de Madrid, 39, entrada por la c/ San Vicente. Ávila. NaN. Ávila
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        920 211 387
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        920 253 717
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