Virgen de España, Calañas, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain , 1340 - Second Saturday of May
The story goes that in 1340, Juan Batista Tagarete of Beas in southern Spain went hunting in the mountains with his son Juan. Some 16 miles northwest of town, along the Río Odiel, they came upon statues of Christ and his Mother hidden in a briar pat...
Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, France , 1614 - May 15
Clermont-Ferrand is located on a plain in the volcanic region of central France. Unlike most hub cities, it is not on a body of water. And yet for a thousand years Clermont's eastern district has been known as the Port. In the crypt of its Romanesque...