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Christian Feast Day: Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)
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Our Lady of Meritxell
Andorran Roman Catholic statue of a Virgin Mary apparition
Our Lady of Meritxell is an Andorran Catholic statue depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra. The original Romanesque statue dated from the late 12th century. However, the chapel in which it was housed burned down on 8…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Andorra
Microstate in Southern Europe
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked nation on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)