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Virgin de los Desamparados
Patron Saint of Valencia
 Basilica de la Virgin de los Desamparados
The Virgin de los Desamparados (Mare de Déu dels Desamparats) is one of two Patron Saints of Valencia, the other is San Vincente Martir.
The Virgin is also know as Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados - (Our Lady of the Forsaken) and is honored and celebrated throughout the month of May.
 The Basilica of the Virgin is in Plaza de la Virgen. Just go through the archway attached to the Cathedral of Valencia and you'll come to the Basilica of the Lady of the Forsaken which is the sanctuary of the Little Hunchback (Geperudeta).
Our Lady of the Forsaken is given the name of Geperudeta because the beautiful statue of her suspended inside the church tilts slightly forward. Plaza de la Virgin is another wonderful area of the Old Quarter of Valencia.
The square is edged with cafés and bars and leading off the square is the very trendy Calle Caballeros which is the best place to go for a night out and San Jaume's bar/cafè is a great place to start.
Barrio del Carmen is full of terraces and restaurants and the Old Quarter is where the best nightlife in Valencia is.
Virgin de los Desamparados - May CelebrationsThe main celebration takes place on the second sunday in May. The night before this beautiful event a concert is held in Plaça de la Verge/Plaza de la Virgin the home of .
The celebrations then move on to the Turía Gardens (old Turía riverbed), where there are firework displays and traditional singing and dancing.
If you're up early on Sunday morning you'll be in time for the open air Mass which takes place at 5.00am. This is then followed by another Mass (Misa de Infantes) at 8.00am.
At 10.30am, Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados makes her journey under a heavy shower of flower petals from the Basilica to the Cathedral (La Seu).
At 2.00pm there is a mascletá (fireworks) and at 5.00pm the Virgin is again carried amid a blanket of flower petals through the Old Quarter of Valencia.
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