Meritxell (Catalan pronunciation: [meɾiˈtʃeʎ]) is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo in the north of the country near the French border.
Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra.
[2] In the village is the Basilica of Our Lady of Meritxell, which replaces the original Romanesque style sanctuary burnt down in a fire in 1972.
It houses a replica of the Romanesque carving of the Virgin that was also destroyed in the fire.
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