Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Virgin Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Virgin Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Virgin Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Virgin Mary on Baroque Altar, Mauer bei Melk church, Mauer bei Melk, Lower Austria, Europe

Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii, Pompeii, Napoli, Campania, Italy, Europe

Stained glass window depicting the Virgin Mary, The Holy Chapel (La Sainte-Chapelle), Paris, France, Europe

Image of Virgin Mary on float (pasos) carried during Semana Santa (Holy Week), Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Float (pasos) of Virgin Mary carried during Semana Santa (Holy Week), Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

View of Holy Church of the Virgin Mary Mandrakina from Garden of the People in Corfu Town, Corfu, Ionian Sea, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang, Virgin Mary and child, marble statue, La Vang, Vietnam

Statue of the Virgin Mary and the Neues Rathaus, Marienplatz, Munich (Munchen / Muenchen), Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

The Statue of Santa Marija in The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Cittadella of Victoria, Gozo, Malta

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Holy Chapel, Santorini (Thira) Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

The Virgin receiving the Holy Spirit,, St. Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Blessed Sacrament procession, Holy Mass on the solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary, Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, La Salette-Fallavaux, Isere, France, Europe

Float of the Virgin Mary, Easter Sunday procession at the end of Semana Santa (Holy Week), Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Float of the Virgin Mary, Easter Sunday procession at the end of Semana Santa (Holy Week), Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Painting of the Virgin Mary in the Holy Land in the Visitation church in Ein Kerem, Israel, Middle East

Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Virgin Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Blessed Sacrament procession, Holy Mass on the solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary, Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, La Salette-Fallavaux, Isere, France, Europe

Semana Santa (Holy Week) float (pasos) with image of Virgin Mary outside Seville cathedral, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Float of the Virgin Mary, Easter Sunday procession at the end of Semana Santa (Holy Week), Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Blessed Sacrament procession, Holy Mass on the solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary, Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, La Salette-Fallavaux, Isere, France, Europe

Old church (Dormition of the Holy Virgin Mary), Sinaia Monastery, Wallachia, Romania, Europe

Virgin and Holy Ghost in Saint-Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Our Lady of Covadonga. The Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Marian shrine devoted to her at Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as Church of Saint Mary, Mosta, Malta

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, also known as Assumption of Mary Orthodox Church, Pyrgi, Chios, Greece

Wall painting inside the Holy Monastery of Varlaam, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church, also known as Assumption of Mary Orthodox Church, Pyrgi, Chios, Greece

Notre Dame Cathedral and statue of Virgin Mary, Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon), Vietnam

Statue of Mary holding baby Jesus, Punta Secca, Santa Croce Camerina, Sicily, Italy

Religious mosaic on front of Saint Uspensky Sobor Russian Orthodox Assumption Cathedral, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Adoration of the Magi painting, Saint Bartholomew,??s Church, Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Virgen de Covadonga, Virgin Mary at the holy cave Santa Cueva de Covadonga, Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Province of Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Image of St. Mary on ornate ceramic tiles, outside walls of a church in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Icon painting of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus, Cyprus

Corpus Christi procession in Durnholz, Valdurna, Sarntal, Sarentino, Province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy

Statue of Holy Mary, Waidhofen/Ybbs, Mostviertel Region, Lower Austria, Austria

Famous church of pilgrimage La Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Seventeenth-century votive image depicting the Siege of Donauwoerth, Hl. Kreuz Gruftkapelle Church, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Votive image of 1818 from the Friedolfing Parish which was surprised by a thunderstorm in Maria Eck, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque statues of saints, Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Picture of Madonna and flowers on a tombstone, cemetery in the Nebrodi Mountain Range, Southern Italy, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Baroque "Basilica Minor", Church of Visitation of Virgin Mary, on Svaty Kopecek, Holy Hill, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, Europe

Madonna figures, souvenir stall, Santuario della Casa, Loreto, Marche, Italy, Europe

Window mosaic depicting the birth of Christ at Catherine's Church, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel, Middle East, the Orient

Depiction of Mary, Joseph and young Jesus in the Milk Grotto, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel, Middle East, the Orient

Crowned Madonna sanctuary, Santuario Madre di Dio Incoronata, architect Luigi Vagnetti, 1965, Foggia, Puglia, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral, Nha Tho Duc Ba - Church of our Lady, with Madonna statue, in the back the Diamond Plaza Shopping Center, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Altar in the Armenian Orthodox church of St. Hripsime with Virgin Mary and Jesus, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Echmiadzin, Armenia, Asia

Living room with original furniture from the '50s, old couch, Haus Haeusing house, farm from 1734, Wolfegg farmhouse museum, Allgaeu region, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Madonna with halo, pilgrimage church and Basilica Maria Plain, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Farmer's bed-room with double bed, pictures of saints on the wall, Haus Haeusing house, farm from 1734, Wolfegg farmhouse museum, Allgaeu region, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Baroque altar with sheltering-cloak Madonna, Maria-Schutz-Kirche church of the Protection, Fischbachau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marienaltar altar, 15th to 16th century, in the Marienkirche church, Velden an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Inner shot of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Unesco World Heritage, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Mary and Christ crucified, Semana Santa, Holy Week, Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Devotional grotto with Madonna and votive candles in the courtyard of the Basilika Goessweinstein basilica, Balthasar-Neumann-Strasse 7, Goessweinstein, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Virgin Mary, Jesus, Madonna, crown, saints statue, Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Provinz Alicante, Spanien, Europa

Forth relief, Stations of the Cross to Dusenbach monastery, Jesus meeting his mother, Ribeauville, Alsace, France, Europe

Mary and Jesus figure in wood, St.-Elisabeth-Kirche church, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Image of Virgin Mary, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Altar in the Pilgrimage Church of Maria Gern in Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Madonna with six fingers, miraculous image on the left side altar of the Pilgrimage Church of Maria Laach in Jauerling, Wachau, Waldviertel, Forest Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Virgin Mary Statue, Kraslavas Sveta Ludviga Romas katolu baznica, Kraslava St Ludvig Roman Catholic Church, Baznicas iela, Baznica Street, Kraslava, Latgale, Latvia, Northern Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Detailed view, Cologne Cathedral main portal, west facade with restored gable, statue of Mary with baby Jesus in the centre, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Virgin and child in a halo, elaborate embroidery on a medieval chasuble, historical liturgical garment, Stiftsmuseum Museum Xanten monastery museum, Xanten, Niederrhein region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Byzantine frescoes in a painted barn-roofed Greek Orthodox church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus

Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Madonna and child, Biserica Curtea Veche Church, St Anton Old Court Church, Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe

Greek church with red brick dome in a peaceful landscape under a blue sky, Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Karnezeika, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Paso de la Virgen, statue of the Virgin Mary with canopy, Semana Santa procession, Holy Week, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Relief of the Virgin Mary, representation of the Virgin Mary hiding the faithful under her spread cloak, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Crucifixion group, depiction of Virgin Mary, Jesus and Johannes, Wiesentheid, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Leaded glass window with figure of the Virgin Mary, Church of St. Blasius and Alexander, Altusried, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marien Grotto pilgrimage site in the forest, replica of the Lourdes grotto with statue of St. Bernadette Soubirous, altar, statue of the Virgin Mary, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Marien Grotto pilgrimage site in the forest, replica of the Lourdes grotto with statue of St. Bernadette Soubirous, altar, statue of the Virgin Mary, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of the Virgin Mary, replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, place of pilgrimage, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Gothic chapel in the choir ambulatory with statue of the Virgin Mary, former Benedictine abbey church Eglise Saint-Trophime, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone department, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region, France, Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Notre-Dame Cathedral, cycle rickshaw, in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Asia

The statue of the Virgin Mary is a sight in Riedenburg

Pieta in the Parish Church, Weissenkirchen in the Wachau, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary, Virgen de Canelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands archipelago, Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Mary and Christ child, sundial with a prayer, Steh uns bei in aller Not hier im Leben und im Tod, German for standing with us in every need here in life and in death, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Hauptplatz square, Marienbrunnen fountain and Schmalzturm tower, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Portal of the Virgin Mary, Saint-Etienne Cathedral or St. Stephen's Cathedral, Metz, Moselle, France, Europe

Troodos Mountains, child worshiping, mural art, Cyprus

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Miraculous image of the Virgin Mary in Loreto Chapel, pilgrimage church, Sanctuary of the Visitation, Rankweil, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Farmer's bed-room, bed, night stand, pictures of saints on the wall, Haus Haeusing house, farm from 1734, Wolfegg farmhouse museum, Allgaeu region, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Figure of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus and wreath of stars, Wangen im Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Gilded statue of Saint Mary, on the roof of the cathedral of Avignon, Provence, France, Europe