Avila

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Avila. Los Cuatro Postes (The Four Posts). A little shrine outside the walled city. A cross covered by a four-posted canopy. There is belief that it marks the spot where, at age seven, St. Teresa's uncle stopped her from running off with her brother to seek martyrdoom in battle with the Moors. Castile and Leon, Spain.

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