Hermitage of the Virgen del Espino

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Here we can find the patron saint of El Pedroso, the Virgin of Espino, which came to the municipality due to the transhumance of shepherds from Soria.

Building with a single nave with 4 sections and long-span transverse arches similar to other mountain constructions, which unload on solid exterior buttresses and covered by a double-sided wooden structure with bricks for boards.

This ship, due to its architectural characteristics, can be considered a construction mudejar, probably from the 15th century. From this same period, it preserves a simple pointed brick door in the Epistle wall, half hidden by the adjoining rooms.

Later, in the 18th century and as a consequence of the damage caused by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the hermitage underwent some reforms and expansions. The Main Chapel is rebuilt, covered with a hemispherical vault that ends in a lantern, which rests on pendentives supported by an entablature and pilasters. From the same period is the main doorway located at the foot of the Church, linteled between pilasters and topped by a pediment, with a window in the tympanum. A belfry is placed on the façade of the feet.

We can also highlight the main altarpiece, a work that consists of a bench, a body with three streets between Solomonic columns and an attic. This altarpiece is not, as has been said, the work of Juan de Oviedo since the carving commissioned by him disappeared in Seville, which led to the carver Luis de Baias being hired to carry out this work in 1721, this was possible due to the contributions carried out by the people of Pedro who are devoted to the Virgin.

Jerónimo Delgado, a resident of the town, was hired for its gilding in 1730. On the right street there is a sculpture of Saint Francis of Assisi from the 18th century, in the central niche a candlestick image of the Virgen del Espino from the 18th century and in the left side street a sculpture of Saint Barbara from the 18th century. In the attic there appears an image of the Crucified contemporary with the altarpiece, beginning of the 18th century.