Camino Photo of the Day: the Virgin of the Cave

Photo of the Day 2013

The royal Navarran pantheon in the crypt of Santa María la Real in Nájera was originally a cave. Legend has it that in 1044, King García Sánchez III was chasing a hawk when he found this cave. Enshrined within was this statue of the Virgin with Child. The King founded a church here the next year.

Date: 09 April 2013
Place: Nájera (La Rioja, Spain)
Today started: in Ventosa (La Rioja, Spain)

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