Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Queralt, Baroque church at Serra de Queralt, Spain.

The Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Queralt is a baroque church with a single central nave and two side chapels, its walls of exposed stone and its roofs of Arabic tiles. Above the sacristy, behind the main altar, a spacious camarín houses the 14th-century Gothic wooden statue of the Virgin. The complex includes an annex building that once served as a hostelry and now holds a restaurant and the funicular station, and the independent circular bell tower completed in the 1970s.

The first sanctuary was built in 1386 by the Berguedà merchant Francesc Garreta. The present church was begun in 1725, with plans by Josep Arnaudies and construction directed by Francesc Moretó and Josep Julià, and was inaugurated in 1741. In 1835 the building was adapted as a fortress and prison, and in 1840 the hermitage was destroyed. The church was damaged and burned during the Civil War and rebuilt in 1958; the facade was rebuilt in 1966 by Josep Antoni Coderch.

The statue of the Virgin of Queralt, kept inside the church, is the heart of local devotion and draws pilgrims from across the region. Every year, the faithful walk up the mountain path to pay their respects, especially during the festivities honoring the patron of Berga.

The sanctuary is reachable on foot from Berga along several marked trails that vary in steepness and length depending on which route you choose. Solid footwear is a good idea since the paths are uneven and some sections rise sharply.

The Virgin of Queralt is a 14th-century Gothic wood carving about 50 cm tall, showing the seated Virgin holding a swallow in her right hand; the bird became the symbol of Queralt. Her left foot rests on a weasel. The image was canonically crowned in 1916.