View of the mountains from the shops level

Stairs leading up to placa de Santa Maria

View of the mountains from Placa de Santa Maria level. The building at the front is Hotel Abat Cisneros

Inside Basilica, at that moment there was a 1 o'clock service

Basilica Interior, towards the end behind the altar is the statue of the Black Virgin.

Black Virgin and Jesus, became patroness of Catalonia in 1881

Entrance to the Cambril de la Mare de Deu, where the Black Virgin is housed

Sculptures at the entrance of Cambril de la Mare de Deu

Passage inside Cambril de la Mare de Deu

Black Virgin with an orb on her right hand. People all around Spain came here just to touch the orb and pray.

Candles offering for Black Virgin