Folklore & Legends
El Palmar de Troya — the Virgin apparitions of 1968 and the founding of the Palmarian Church
El Palmar de Troya, Utrera, Sevilla·1968
In 1968, four schoolgirls in Andalusia reported Marian apparitions at a mastic tree. The site grew into the Palmarian Catholic Church, with its own line of self-proclaimed popes.