The image illustrated in this article corresponds to the Polvorín de la Reina, an interesting building located inside the La Mola enclosure.
Precisely on December 4, the feast of Santa Bárbara was celebrated, the patron saint of the professions that handle explosives (due to the legend of lightning) and especially of the miners. In fact, in the Asturian Mining Basins they dedicate a hymn called Santa Bárbara Bendita.
Although the traditional invocation of Santa Bárbara has been taken for granted since the beginning of the existence of the Spanish artillerymen, the oldest known document that cites his patronage over them is from the year 1522. The first reference to the public devotion and worship to Santa Bárbara in Spain dates back to the year 1248 and refers to the conquest of Alicante and its castle by Don Alfonso (later Alfonso X el Sabio) on December 4 of that year. Almost from the birth of medieval artillery, and probably due to the intervention of the destroyer beam in the story of their martyrdom, European artillerymen took refuge in the patronage of Santa Bárbara.
Santa Bárbara is also a protector of lightning and storms, as well as the patron of stonemasons and those who handle explosives. That is why the powder kegs were called “the Santa Bárbara”.
If you want to visit the Polvorín de la Reina and the entire La Mola Fortress during the Christmas holidays, it is necessary to send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org because during these dates only arranged visits are allowed.
Picha iliyoonyeshwa katika makala hii inalingana na Polvorín de la Reina, jengo lenye kupendeza lililo ndani ya ua wa La Mola. Siku ya 4 Desemba, sikukuu ya Santa Barbara, mlinzi wa wataalamu wa kuendesha mabomu ya kulipuka (kwa sababu ya hadithi ya umeme) na hasa ya wachimbaji. Kwa kweli, katika mabwawa ya madini ya Asturias wao hujitolea wimbo unaoitwa Santa Bárbara Bendita. Ingawa maombi ya kawaida ya Santa Barbara yamekuwa yakichukuliwa kuwa ya kawaida tangu mwanzo wa kuwepo kwa wapiga-mlipuko wa Kihispania, hati ya zamani zaidi inayojulikana inayorodhesha ulinzi wake juu yao ni kutoka mwaka wa 1522. "Kutoka kwa maandishi ya kwanza ya Kihispania, ""Kuheshimiwa na Ibada ya Santa Barbara"" ni kumbukumbu ya ushindi wa Alicante na ngome yake na Don Alfonso X, baadaye Alfonso X el Sabio, mnamo Desemba 4 mwaka huo." Karibu tangu kuzaliwa kwa makombora ya enzi za kati, na labda kwa sababu ya uingiliaji wa mhimili wa uharibifu katika hadithi ya kifo chao, wapiganaji wa makombora wa Ulaya walipata kimbilio katika ulinzi wa Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara pia ni mlinzi wa umeme na dhoruba, na pia ni mlinzi wa wajenzi wa mawe na wale wanaoshughulikia milipuko. Hiyo ndiyo sababu mapipa ya risasi yaliitwa "Santa Bárbara". Ikiwa unataka kutembelea Polvorín de la Reina na ngome nzima ya La Mola wakati wa likizo ya Krismasi, ni muhimu kutuma barua pepe kwa jina la kwanza. jina la mwisho@example.org kwa sababu wakati wa tarehe hizi ziara zilizopangwa tu zinaruhusiwa.