VILLAINS IN LEGENDS FROM ÁVILA 2

IES Alonso de Madrigal

•Vicente,Sabina and Cristeta. Daciano·Vicente,Sabina and Cristeta. Daciano·

•The rich Jew The The rich Jew The snake.snake.

•This legend happened at the end of the This legend happened at the end of the Roman Empire( V- 5th century).Roman Empire( V- 5th century).

•The Roman governor (he was called The Roman governor (he was called DacianoDaciano ),with al l his army persecuted ),with al l his army persecuted some people because of their rel igious some people because of their rel igious ideas.ideas.

•That is how the legend starts, Vicente, That is how the legend starts, Vicente, Cristeta and Sabina didn´t want to sign Cristeta and Sabina didn´t want to sign one document in which i t was writ ten that one document in which i t was writ ten that they believe d in the Roman Gods. Like they believe d in the Roman Gods. Like they didn´t bel ieve in them they came to they didn´t bel ieve in them they came to Ávila escaping from Daciano.Ávila escaping from Daciano.

·It happened in It happened in Ávila. Ávila. In this period Ávila ·In this period Ávila ·

was a safe city, was a safe city, because of i ts because of i ts location it was location it was s ituated at the top of s i tuated at the top of a mountain, and in a mountain, and in this way you could this way you could see all around the see all around the city. There was a ·city. There was a ·river(Adaja) that r iver(Adaja) that protected one side of protected one side of the city.the city.

•Inside S Vicente basi l ica there is a Inside S Vicente basi l ica there is a al tarpiece altarpiece , with images that tel l and , with images that tel l and show the legend:show the legend:

S Vicente was taken to S Vicente was taken to Daciano, he judged him Daciano, he judged him and he was sent to prison. and he was sent to prison.

Their s isters went to vis i t Their s isters went to vis i t him to prison. He wanted to him to prison. He wanted to escape from there.escape from there.

One night One night Vicente,Sabina and Vicente,Sabina and Cristeta escaped to Cristeta escaped to Ávila riding horses.Ávila riding horses.

But they were But they were captured in Ávila by captured in Ávila by Daciano´s army.Daciano´s army.

They were tortured… They were tortured… They died.They died.

The souls of the The souls of the three brothers were three brothers were free. . And went with free. . And went with the angels to the sky.the angels to the sky.

One Jew went to see One Jew went to see the bodies and laughed the bodies and laughed at them. God sent a at them. God sent a snake who started snake who started drowning him. The jew drowning him. The jew said to God: Please said to God: Please save me and I wil l save me and I wil l believe in you.believe in you.

The jew was saved by The jew was saved by God.He was baptized and God.He was baptized and he built one tomb for the he built one tomb for the bodies.bodies.

The legend tells that after The legend tells that after that ,S Vicente basil ica was that ,S Vicente basil ica was built , in honor to the three built , in honor to the three martyr Saints,martyr Saints,(Vicente,Sabina and Cristeta).(Vicente,Sabina and Cristeta).

In my legend the vi l lain is the rich jew. In my legend the vi l lain is the rich jew.

He was the vi l lain because he was cruel, he He was the vi l lain because he was cruel, he laughed at the bodies of the Christ ian that were laughed at the bodies of the Christ ian that were

sacrif iced.sacrif iced.

He didn´t respect the different rel igions,he He didn´t respect the different rel igions,he thought that because he was jew, he was thought that because he was jew, he was superior to the Christ ian people,he was superior to the Christ ian people,he was

disrespectful.disrespectful.

THE ENDTHE END

By:Clara García Herráez.

It was the 8th of November in 1529

Carlos I reigned. (1500 –1558)

It happened in Ávila

All happened in St. Vicente church.

A villain tried to dishonor a girl, but when he went to the church of St. Vincent with a friend, the girl grandfather´s ghost terrified them and they promised that they would never do anything bad.

The villain

He was the girl grandfather´s ghost that the villain wanted to dishonor, and when they were speaking about the plans to dishonor the girl, he wanted to get back at them and raised his tombstone, they were afraid and they would never do anything bad.

The hero

The end

Wherever a door is closed, a Wherever a door is closed, a window is openedwindow is opened

villainsvillains

• The council didn´t allow to open a door in the walls

The palace of Davila

• was defending the door of the Track of the urban wall of Avila. His more ancient part dates back to the 13th century.

Description

• This one is formed by four constructions with the same structure as the wall. On its doors barbicans stand out. It is the only palace that stays with the structure that the rest of the palaces constructed in the capital during this epoch should have had.

Other optionOther option

• Don Pedro was furious, he tried to open a door in the principal building but it wasn´t accepted.

The agreement

• They found an agreement and Don Pedro opened a window.

TheThe endend