The Pilgrimage to Ecce Homo
Comically nicknamed “Ecce Mono” (Behold the Monkey)
Ever since I came across the story of how 83-year old Cecilia Giménez botched the fresco of Ecce Homo when taking it upon herself to “restore” it in 2012, I became fascinated and obsessed, vowing to see it in person. Two and a half years later, a trip to Zaragoza, a bus ride to Borja and a six kilometre hike up a hill (which actually felt more like 16!), I finally fulfilled my wish…