-U53753868238acR-1024x512@diario_abc.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,512&ssl=1 "The Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary extends to the entire province of Cordoba")
Yesterday, many towns in the province of Córdoba celebrated the feast day of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a commemoration that, for many of them, coincides with the celebration of the festivities of their patron saint. A circumstance that the good weather that prevailed yesterday allowed thousands of Cordovan people to enjoy the great day of their fairs with the corresponding processions.
THE Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Maryhas been known in the East since the 6th century. It was fixed on September 8, the opening day of the Byzantine liturgical year, which ends with the Dormition in August. In the West, it was introduced around the 7th century and was celebrated with a litany-procession that ended in the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor.
Virgin of Bethlehem of Palma del Río
In total, they are fourteen locations (including the capital Córdoba) those who celebrate this Marian day par excellence. These are Iznájar (Virgen de la Piedad), Cabra (Virgen de la Sierra), Villa del Río (Virgen de la Estrella), Carcabuey (Virgen del Castillo), Palma del Río (Virgen de Belén), Lucena ( Virgen del Valle). ; Aguilar de la Frontera (Our Lady of Soterraño); Posadas (Virgen de la Salud); Santaella (Virgen del Valle); Pedroche (Virgin of Piedrasantas); Villaviciosa de Córdoba (Our Lady of Villaviciosa); Villafranca de Córdoba and Belmez (Our Lady of Remedies) and capital of Córdoba (the Virgin of Fuensanta).
The Virgin of the Sierra de Cabra on his shoulders
THE Virgin of the Sierra de Cabra once again filled the streets of the city of Egabrense with its solemn procession that ended with the traditional fireworks that said goodbye to the six days of the fair. The same thing happened in River Palm with the Virgin of Bethlehem, who inaugurated a red embroidered cloak lost in 1936 and rehabilitated.
Virgin of Soterraño in Aguilar de la Frontera
In Luceneand under a splendid sun, after the rain that prevented her presence in the streets of the neighborhood in the afternoon-night of this Saturday, the Virgin of the Valley went out in procession, shortening the route. All the people of Eagle of the Frontera For his part, he took to the streets last night to accompany his patron saint, the Virgen del Soterraño, an image that was multiplied by other parts of the geography of Córdoba such as the beautiful streets of Iznájar, the steep slopes of Carcabuey or those of Posadas and its Virgin of Health, without forgetting the historical image of Villaviciosa brought back from Portugal.
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