In the year 1608, the island of margarita It experienced a great drought, for such Reason, the margariteños decided Take the virgin out of her and take her in procession Until the assumption, I agree with you Testimonials from the time By the time the procession arrived To this city, the sky was blackened and Soon a strong Rain all over the island, in addition to the story Previous, there are several legends about the Virgin of the valley according to one of these, the Image of the virgin was painted by angels That they took her to the indians so that she Protect them from the abuses of the conquerors Some guaiqueríes found it on Some bushes and they took her to palguarime To build a chapel there, nevertheless Soon the virgin appeared again At the place where she had found him Finally, the indigenous people understood that It was there where the virgin wanted to be venerated And they built a chapel that over time It was to be transformed into today's sanctuary According to another legend, the virgin was next to Of the patriots in the battle of matasiete During the war of independence In this sense, she encouraged the patriots And she healed his wounds, so she too She is known as the patriotic virgin The virgin of the valley is also known As the patron saint of sailors, that she They call in the east the most tender and sweet Of the mothers and they always invoke her before To set sail or cast the net. According to another legend A fisherman named domingo was looking for Pearls at the bottom of the sea and stepped on one Huge line that his spike pierced. As As a consequence of this, her leg It ulcerated, and the doctors thought there was They amputate her to save her life. In view of These circumstances the wife of domingo She went to ask the virgin of the Valley for his health, soon the Fisherman miraculously healed, so That he promised her that in payment he would offer her the First pearl I got, she went to the sea and Opening an oyster, he found a pearl that he reproduced With astonishing fidelity, the shape of his leg And even the trace of her scar, a fact that Somehow confirms this amazing Story, is that the pearl that domingo found It can be seen in the museum of the sanctuary Along with numerous objects of gold, silver and Precious stones that have been given to the Virgin in payment of miracles granted According to the religious tradition of Our country, the virgin of the valley is Considered as the patron saint of the east From Venezuela, being venerated with Special devotion on the island of margarita Her day is celebrated every September 8 Date on which thousands of pilgrims come To venerate her in her sanctuary located in the Valle de margarita, near porlamar The festivities last several days and, in Each one of them, the virgin wears a Beautiful suit designed with the fabrics Supplied by her devotees At the beginning of the conquest the Spanish They founded on the island of cubagua, the city From new cadiz, in no time bliss City grew skyrocketing derivative From the extraction of pearls that abounded In their seas, during this period the Inhabitants of nueva cádiz commissioned Spain an image of the immaculate Conception to put the city under his Protection, the image arrived in cubagua in The year 1530, but a few years later On December 25, 1541, a hurricane ripped through Nueva cádiz and with it the church where There was the image of the virgin. By being saved Miraculously the image of the virgin, the Cubagua residents decided to put it Safe from new cataclysms, taking her in 1542 to a hacienda in el valle de la isla de Margarita, where she built a Little hermitage, with the passage of time the Place gave the name to the image That she began to call herself the virgin of the valley