Virgin Mary sacred places in Spain

Cathedral of Menorca

Ciutadella de Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

The Cathedral of Menorca stands in the old town of Ciutadella, its Catalan Gothic nave begun in 1300 on the site of the city's principal mosque....

Garabandal

Rionansa, Cantabria, Spain

In the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, a village of stone houses holds an unusual place among Marian apparition sites....

Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna

Simat de la Valldigna, Valencia, Spain

Tucked into a mountain-ringed valley of orange orchards south of Valencia, this thirteenth-century Cistercian monastery carries a rare double sacredness: it is dedicated...

Our Lady (Virgin) of Montserrat (La Moreneta)

Inside Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey

Marganell, Barcelona, Spain

High on a serrated mountain above Catalonia, the Black Madonna of Montserrat has drawn pilgrims for over a thousand years....

Our Lady of Atocha

Inside Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Steps from one of Europe's busiest train stations, the Real Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Atocha shelters Madrid's oldest Marian image, a 13th-century wooden figure to...

Our Lady of Chipiona

Inside Sanctuary of Our Lady of Regla, Chipiona

Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain

Where the Guadalquivir River meets the Atlantic, a dark-skinned Virgin has watched over sailors, prisoners, and pilgrims for seven centuries....