Pilgrimages of Europe: El Rocio, Spain

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The Romeria de El Rocio is the most important pilgrimage to the Blessed Mother on the Iberian Peninsula. El Rocio is in Andalusia in the deep south of Spain. The many pilgrims who flock to the little town every year come to venerate the Holy Virgin of El Rocio, also know as the Virgin of the Dew. In the 15th century a hunter who lived near Almonte, discovered a statuette of Mary hidden in the trunk of a tree. He took it with him but was overcome with fatigue on his way home. When he awoke the statuette had disappeared. The hunter returned to the tree where he found the figurine again. In that place, called Rocina, a little church was built, and thus began the veneration of the Virgin of the Dew. During...

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[PaulodeLisboa]

Sorry, but El Rocio is not the most important pilgrimage to the Blessed Mother on the Iberian Peninsula.

The most important is Fatima (Portugal)

[Tugalense]

bad spanish pronunciaton, hey but she said well AndaluCia... But not all world speaks spanish, what you thought?

[ayleywn]

Terrible pronounciation....If your going to do a documentary...Please learn how to say the words properly!!! It just sounded really stupid!