Black Madonna sites on the French Camino

You can find links to Black Madonnas in many countries of Europe on this website

http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resource ... lackm.html

Hello Anne,
the cathedral in Rocamadour has a chapel of the Black Virgin first mentioned in 1106 AD.
However the most famous black virgin in France is Santa Sarah , the saint of the gypsies (gitans).
In Les Saintes Marie de la Mer , situated in the Rhone Delta (estuary) . This region is called The Camargue famous allso for its black bulls and white horses , semi wetlands with lots of birds and pink flamingos .Every year in the last week of May gypsies from all over Europe gather here to pay respect to Sainte Sarah , they carry her statue into the sea and everybody is blessed than they put the statue back in the church . This litlle town is close to Arles the start of the
Via Tolosana , its made famous because Van Gogh lived here a while .
However not close to Le Puy .
check this http://www.camargue.fr than click on les gitans you will find some pictures there.
By the way the Camargue is one of my favorites in France .
Bon Annee
berth41