The church of the Pilgrim Virgin is a scallop-shaped Roman Catholic chapel located in the city of Pontevedra, in Spain, along the route of the Portuguese Way of St. James.

[9] The justice and the municipal government, for these and other reasons, ordered the removal of the image and the altarpiece from the church, which were moved to a new wooden chapel on a site outside the walls of Pontevedra, next to the Trabancas Gate.

[10] Two years later, when a quarry was opened on a hill owned by one of the members of the congregation in Saint Maurice of Moldes, the first stone of the sanctuary was laid on 18 June 1778, at the expense of the Brotherhood of Nuestra Señora del Refugio y Divina Peregrina (Our Lady of Refuge and Divine Pilgrim).

[11] Around 1795, due to a great storm that caused serious damage to the temple, part of its north tower collapsed, and it was not repaired until 80 years later (1873), when two Lightning rods were also installed.

Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez donated a large Tridacna shell that he brought back from the Pacific on one of his many voyages, which acts as a holy water font and is located at the entrance to the chapel.

The rotunda that forms the church itself is framed by four fluted Pilasters, which support a series of segmental arches on which the projecting cornice sits.

[23] The main façade, the work of Antonio Souto, with the collaboration of Bernardo José de Mier,[24] is preceded by an atrium with a staircase, perimetered by a balustrade with Pinnacles.

The lower section has a large semicircular doorway, divided by a lintel, and above it are three windows with upper pediments, the central one triangular and the lateral ones curved.

Built in the 18th century, its floor plan resembles the shape of a Scallop shell, the universal symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Located in the centre of the city, on the route of the Portuguese Way, it was built with the financial contributions of the Brotherhood of the Pilgrim Virgin and has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.The Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos de España also included it on 12 December 2014 in the postmark of the main post office of Pontevedra within the collection of commemorative postmarks of Spanish provincial capitals.

[30] The launch of this postmark is included in the campaign undertaken by Correos to collaborate in the diffusion of images of emblematic places and monuments through postal items.