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The Virgen del Pino (or Virgin of the Pine) is the patron of the Gran Canaria (province of Las Palmas Canary Islands). The Gran Canaria virgin was declared patroness of the Gran Canaria.The story of Nuestra Señora del Pino (Our Lady of the Pine) is as follows. At the site of the present-day Basilica the image of the virgin herself is said to have appeared in a pine tree on 8 September 1492 to the first Bishop of Gran Canaria Juan Frías.