Basilica del Pi Mother of God sculpture

The sculpture of the Holy Mother of God of La Basilica del Pi de Barcelona is a stone image from the mid-14th century, which is considered close to the workshop of the sculptor Pere Moragues. It was located at the tympanum of the main door of the church until, after the last restoration, it was installed in the presbytery. We can see how the Virgin does not have a rigid position but sinuous, as in motion. According to tradition, this image was found in the same place where the church is now, hidden within the strain of a pine tree that a fisherman wanted to cut to make a boat. What is true is that - surprisingly - it has been able to survive the destructions of the war of independence of 1714 and the Spanish Civi1 War (1936-1939).