Pilgrims lighting candles in the Chapel of Sara la Noire, or Sara e Kali, patron saint of Romany gypsies, servant of the Holy Marys, with processional statue dressed in cloth and decorated, in the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer, a Romanesque fortified church begun 9th century and rebuilt in Gothic style 1165-70, in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The crypt was dug in 1448 under king Rene, who was searching for the relics of the Holy Marys. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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