Our Lady of Guadalupe Rock Painting, Albuquerque Postcard

"Our Lady of Guadalupe Rock Painting, Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico" by Catherine Sherman. The head of Our Lady of Guadalupe is painted in a simple pattern on a rock in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. An image of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" appeared on the cloak of Mexican peasant named Juan Diego. Juan Diego reported that Mary appeared to him on four occasions and once to his uncle, Juan Bernardino. The appearances are believed to have occurred in December 1531, when the Mexican territories were under the Spanish Empire. The cloak (tilmahtli) with the image of Mary is enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The basilica is the most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, and the world's third most-visited sacred site. Our Lady of Guadalupe is also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe.