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Virgin of Almudena

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The Virgin of Almudena is a medieval statue of the Virgin Mary regarded as a patroness of Madrid, Spain. The Cathedral of Madrid is dedicated to the Virgin under this title, and her feast day, 9 November, is a major holiday in the city. The original statue has been lost to history; the version now in the cathedral dates to around 1500 and is attributed by art historians to the Netherlandish sculptor Diego Copin de Holanda. Its name derives from the Arabic term Al-Mudayna, meaning the citadel. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
939 2
Location
Almudena Cathedral, Madrid 3
Classification
Genre
Sculpture 1
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Sculpture, Art Forms
Source Virgin of Almudena (Wikipedia)

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Sculpture, Art Forms

Entity-backed identity for the genre enum value this work already carries, resolved to an arts art-form by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The genre fact itself, with its own citation, stays on the work unchanged.

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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, located there.
Sources
1. Virgin of Almudena (Wikipedia)
  • Genre reference
    The Virgin of Almudena is a medieval statue of the Virgin Mary regarded as a patroness of Madrid, Spain.
  • In Form: Sculpture, lead paragraph
    The Virgin of Almudena (Virgen de la Almudena) is a medieval statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The Virgin Mary is regarded as a patroness of Madrid, Spain, under this title. The Cathedral of Madrid is dedicated to
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2. Wikidata: Virgin of Almudena
  • Wikidata Q1136827, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
  • Wikidata Q1136827, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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3. Virgin of Almudena (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
The Cathedral of Madrid is dedicated to the Virgin under this title.
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