Fort Pilar Shrine of Zamboanga City, Philippines

The Story of the Image of Our Lady on the entrance of the Fort.ON A CERTAIN OCCASION ACCORDING TO ONE OF THESE LEGENDS, AN IMAGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY WAS BOREN IN A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION TO THE FORTS. THE MAIN ENTRANCE WAS LOCATED ON THAT SIDE OF THE FORT WHERE THE PRESENT STONE MIRACULOUSLY CARVED IMAGE IS TO BE SEEN.WHILE THE SERVICES WERE IN PROGRESS, THE ALARM WAS GIVEN THAT MORO FORCES WERE ABOUT TO MAKE AN ASSAULT. THE FRIGHTENED CONGREGATION RUSHED AND CROWDED INSIDE THE FORT. SUDDENLY THE ENTRANCE WAS CLOSED AND SEALED WITH LIME AND STONE. IN THE CONFUSION, THE IMAGE LEFT ALONE OUTSIDE ON ITS CAROZA. WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND, BUT AT THAT SAME TIME A ROUGHLY STONE CARVED IMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ABOVE THE ENTRANCE WHICH WAS MIRACULOUSLY CLOSED.

The Image of the Fort Pilar and the Image of Our Lady of Pilar Zaragoza, Spain is the actual replica of the original Image of Our Lady of the Pilar of Zaragoza, Spain, this image is kept at the cathedral protected by a glass case.