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Quoting: AZGal 1486221 WIKIPEDIA
Black Madonnas worldwide
Tindari Madonna Bruna: restoration work in the 1990s found a medieval statue with later additions. Nigra sum sed formosa, meaning "I am black but beautiful" (from the Song of Songs, 1:5), is inscribed round a newer base.
Image of the Virgin of Candelaria, in the Basilica of Candelaria (Tenerife).
Europe
Belgium
Assesse (Namur) : Chapelle de la Vierge Noire, Maillen
Brugge (West Flanders) : Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Regula (Moeder van Regula van Spaignen)
Brussels : St. Catherine Church
Halle (Flemish Brabant) : Sint-Martinusbasiliek
Liège (Liège) : Outremeuse
Tournai (Hainaut) : Our Lady of Flanders in Tournai Cathedral
Verviers (Liège) : Notre-Dame des Récollets Church
Croatia
Marija Bistrica (Krapina-Zagorje County)
Donji Kraljevec (Međimurje County)
France
La Vierge noire de Guingamp
Many examples exist, including:
Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) : in Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix
Arbois (Jura)
Arceau (Côte-d'Or)
Arconsat (Puy-de-Dôme)
Arfeuilles (Allier) : statue of the 13th Century
Aurillac (Cantal) [1]
Avioth (Meuse)
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (Puy-de-Dôme) : Saint-André Church, Notre-Dame de Vassivière
Besson (Allier) : statue of the 12th Century
Boëge (Haute-Savoie) : Notre-Dame-des-Voirons Chapel
Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain) : 13th Century
Chartres (Eure-et-Loir): crypt of the Cathedral of Chartres [2]
Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) [3]
Dijon (Côte-d'Or)
Douvres-la-Délivrande (Calvados) : Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande
Dunkerque (Nord) : Chapelle des Dunes
Guingamp (Côtes-d'Armor) : Basilica of Notre Dame de Bon Secours.
La Chapelle-Geneste (Haute-Loire) [4]
Laon (Aisne) : Notre-Dame Cathedral, statue of 1848
Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) : statue near the Graville Abbey (Abbaye de Graville)
Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire) : Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay [5][6][7]
Liesse-Notre-Dame (Aisne) : Notre-Dame de Liesse, statue destroyed in 1793, copy of 1857
Lyon (Rhône) : Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône): Notre-Dame-de-Confession, Abbey of St. Victor ; Notre-Dame d'Huveaune, Saint-Giniez Church
Mauriac (Cantal) [8]
Mende (Lozère) : Cathedral (Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat de Mende)
Menton (Alpes-Maritimes) : St. Michel Church
Meymac (Corrèze) [9]
Montmerle-sur-Saône (Ain) : bronze Madonna
Myans (Savoie)
Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine): Notre Dame de Bonne Délivrance, formerly located at Saint-Étienne-des-Grès in