Loma de La Cruz

Father Daniel Castro Iquireño and veteran of the Thousand Days' War, with the help of his countrymen, led by the image pieces in particular the October 8, 1956 and a solemn Mass told the saint what his mission. On the military tone in which he told the saint obeyed and from that moment the mob could not enter the village despite several attempts they were made.

  Once they came with the intention to end the "Bird's Nest" as he then called the people, San Francisco Using an old woman, convinced the rebels as they did in the village there were many soldiers and ran the danger they were waiting for and were very well armed. Incredulous people peered from a hill nearby and from allí¬ could see Iquira completely illuminated and the streets patrolled by soldiers armed to the teeth. They gave up this time but each time they tried something happened.

St. Francis of Assisi is the patron of the parish from the time that the Franciscans founded the catechism. To thank for favors received and to ask him to help preserve ecological resources, each year on 5 October, iquireños up in the early hours of the day to the mound, allí¬ a Mass is sung, we rest, we observe the beautiful Overlooking the town and then midmorning returns to achieve the bargains that always come to finish the party.

JHON HAROL LOPEZ PEÑA      10-02