Basilica de la Virgen de los Desamparados in Valencia, Valenciana

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Plaza de la Virgen,
Valencia, Provincia de València, Valenciana Spain

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The "Virgen de los Desamparados" (Our Lady of the Forsaken), is the Patroness of Valencia. Her image is housed in a Basilica dedicated to her just adjacent to the Valencia Cathedral, built on the site of a Roman temple. Erected to the dignity of Papal Basilica by Pius XII in 1948, the only burials found inside are those of Cardinals Juan Benlloch i Vivó, who in accordance with his wishes was laid to rest at the foot of the altar of the miraculous statue, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó, who six years prior to his death in 2013, had a vault dug for his future use beside that of Cardinal Benlloch, whose remains were interred in the Basilica on May 3, 1931, after temporarily lying in the Cathedral of Burgos, until the vault which presently houses his remains was eventually completed.