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Virgin statue, Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken, patroness of Valencia, in the Real Basilica de nuestra Senora de los Desamparados de Valencia, a Baroque church designed by Diego Martinez Ponce de Urrana and built 1652-67, in Valencia, Spain. The 15th century Gothic statue is covered in robes and jewels and the 2 innocents at her feet were added in the 18th century. The statue stands on a mechanical device which slowly revolves. On the Festival of Our Lady in May, the statue is paraded around the town. The confraternity of the Mare de Deu dels Innocents i Desemparats was founded in the 15th century to help the mentally ill and to bury their bodies. Picture by Manuel Cohen