▁the ▁clo ister ▁were ▁plant ed ▁apple ▁trees , ▁pl um ▁trees , ▁ros es ▁and ▁car n ations . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Origin ▁In ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁n uns ▁who ▁abandoned ▁the ▁Con vent ▁of ▁S isme iro , ▁destroyed ▁in ▁ 9 8 2 ▁by ▁Al mans or , ▁transport ed ▁with ▁them ▁a ▁small ▁image ▁of ▁N ossa ▁Sen hora ▁da ▁L apa ▁(" O ur ▁Lady ▁of ▁the ▁Rock ", ▁roughly ▁translated ), ▁which ▁they ▁hid ▁in ▁Quint ela . ▁It ▁was ▁only ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 8 , ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁cult ▁to ▁Sen hora ▁da ▁L apa ▁was ▁started , ▁after ▁the ▁image ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁rocks ▁of ▁the ▁village , ▁by ▁a ▁m ute ▁child ▁named ▁Jo ana . ▁The ▁construction ▁of ▁an ▁alt ar , ▁was ▁done ▁through ▁the ▁initi ative ▁of ▁the ▁ab bey ▁of ▁São ▁Pa io , ▁in ▁the ▁parish ▁of ▁V ila ▁da ▁R ua , ▁who ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁guard ian , ▁collect ing ▁al ms ▁from ▁the ▁parish ion ers ▁for ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁temple . ▁The ▁faithful ▁began ▁to ▁visit , ▁in ▁pil gr image , ▁to ▁the ▁place ▁with ▁the ▁image ▁was ▁found ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Kingdom ▁By ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁dispute ▁between ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Lam ego ▁and ▁King , ▁over ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁Sen an cel he