Madrid honors a medieval legend of a statue hidden inside a city wall
Madrid celebrates the legendary 1085 discovery of a hidden religious statue that supposedly reappeared when a section of the city's stone walls crumbled before King Alfonso VI.
The feast of the Virgin of Almudena commemorates a miraculous legend from the medieval Reconquista. According to tradition, as King Alfonso VI reclaimed Madrid in 1085, he sought a statue hidden centuries earlier to protect it from invaders.
There's more to this story — open the app to keep reading.
Continue Reading in App
1 more paragraphs · plus a 3-question quiz