Located next to the stream of the same name and the old Camino Real that connected Casarabonela with Alozaina (today’s Camino Llano), this rock-carved niche marks the boundary between a safe and familiar space (the town center and its immediate surroundings) and an unknown and unsafe space. In this sense, it serves the same purpose as three others located in places with similar characteristics: the Cruz del Mirador (on the road to Málaga), the Cruz del Pecho del Buifarán (on the road to Álora), and the Cruz de Piedra in Puerto Martínez (on the road to El Burgo).
It is a long-standing custom to make the sign of the cross when passing in front of them, because it is believed that by performing this religious ritual, one gains some form of personal protection against the unknown and against the uncertainties inherent in any journey.
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