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One medal for each person you love, one for each Virgin in your family, one that was given to you and another that you bought for yourself… Wearing several medals together is becoming increasingly common, and when well-coordinated, they look beautiful. Here are some ideas.
1. Several medals on the same chain
This is the simplest option: two or three medals hanging from the same chain. It works best if they are different sizes or colors, for example, one medal with a pearl and another with a colored stone, or one medal and a small cross. This way, they won’t cover each other.
2. Chains of different lengths
The famous layering technique: one short chain at collarbone length and another slightly longer one, with a medal on each. Our chains are 40 cm long with a 5 cm extender, so you can adjust them so the medals hang at different heights. We explain how to choose the right length in choosing the right chain length.
3. A medal with a stone or pearl necklace
Combine your medal’s chain with a pearl or natural stone necklace. The contrast between the gold and the color is beautiful, and the medal takes center stage.
4. Medal around your neck, bracelet on your wrist
If you don’t like wearing too much around your neck, divide it up: one medal as a pendant and another devotion on your wrist.
One idea: the medal of Our Lady of Covadonga
If one of your medals is of Our Lady of Covadonga, combine it with another featuring a pearl or a different color. Here are some of our Covadonga medals:
With natural pearls
With lapis lazuli and enamel
With ruby and sapphire
With turquoise
With blue stone
Our tips
- Mix textures: pearls, stones, and enamel look richer together than three of the same.
- Choose a color that ties them together: the blue of the Virgin, for example, in the enamel of one and the stone of another.
- Less is more when you sleep: take off your chains at night so they don’t get tangled.
Facts you can check
About Our Lady of Covadonga, the Santina, patroness of Asturias:
- On October 17, 1777, a fire destroyed the sanctuary of the cave and the original image. The statue we venerate today was given by the Cathedral of Oviedo in 1778. Source
- The Santina was canonically crowned on September 8, 1918, during the XII centenary of Covadonga, by Cardinal Victoriano Guisasola. Source
- During the Civil War, the image disappeared and ended up in France. It returned to Spain through Irún on June 11, 1939. Source
- Covadonga gave its name to Spain’s first national park: the Covadonga Mountain National Park, created on July 22, 1918, also for the XII centenary. In 1995, it was expanded and became the Picos de Europa National Park. Source
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Marian and Bárbara