Spain, St. James Way: Mother Mary in sorrow looking to her dead son Jesus in the Basilica de la Encina in Ponferrada

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The image shows Mother Mary as a detail of a sitting sculpture where she holds her crucified son Jesus Christ on her bosom and is looking to him in sorrow and pain. It is to see in a side chapel of the Basilica de la Encina in the historic St. James Way town Ponferrada in northern Spain.

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Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Basilica de la Encina, Ponferrada, Castilla-Leon, Spain
Photo credit: © Cro Magnon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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