Pilgrim touches the Lady of Montserrat (Black Madonna, La Moreneta). Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

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The Virgin of Montserrat is a statue of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ venerated at the Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery (Benedictine abbey) in the Montserrat mountain in Catalonia. It is one of the black Madonnas of Europe, hence its familiar Catalan name, la Moreneta ("The little dark-skinned one")

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Size: 2397px × 3596px
Location: Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
Photo credit: © Konstantin Bordukov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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