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4 unusual facts about Our Lady of the Pillar


Fiesta Nacional de España

Other than this, however, the holiday is not widely or enthusiastically celebrated in Spain; there are no other large-scale patriotic parades, marches, or other events, and the observation is generally overshadowed by the feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar.

La Jagua del Pilar

The name was later changed to La jagua del Pilar to honor Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Pillar.

Every October 12 of each year the municipality also celebrates the Our Lady of the Pillar along the Vela del Marquezote festival.

Pilar, Capiz

It later flourished into a bigger and prosperous town and was renamed after its designated patron saint La Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar).



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