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3 unusual facts about Black Madonna


Andacollo

According to these legends, La Virgen del Rosario, also known as la Virgen Morena, or Black Madonna, appeared to an indigenous miner called "Collo" in the form of a small wooden statuette hidden in rocks.

Dietrichstein tomb

The sculpture of Black Madonna was placed into the chapel and soon became surrounded by stories of legends of miracles.

The Secret Life of Bees

There, they buy lunch at a general store, and Lily recognizes a picture of the same "Black Mary", but on the side of a jar of honey.


La Virgen Negra

The film tells the story of the strange changes in the lives of the inhabitants of a small fishing village (possibly an allusion to Barlovento) in the Venezuelan coast after the appearance of a black virgin.

Nazaré, Portugal

According to the Legend of Nazaré, the town derives its name from a small wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, a Black Madonna, brought by a monk in the 4th century from Nazareth, Holy Land, to a monastery near the city of Mérida, Spain, and was brought to its current place in 711 by another monk, Romano, accompanied by Roderic, the last Visigoth king.


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