The Amazing Stories of Las Lajas Sanctuary, the “Most Beautiful Church in the World”
The Amazing Stories of Las Lajas Sanctuary, the “Most Beautiful Church in the World”
Translation posted 6 June 2016 20:15 GMT
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Las Lajas Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary. Image on Flickr by user Jonathan Wood (CC BY-ND 2.0).
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All across Latin America, stories of miracles and fantastic events travel through the region and many times stop at the churches. In Colombia, many of these stories surrround the Las Lajas (stone similar to shale) Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary. Known as the “most beautiful church on earth,” the sanctuary is located about 800 kilometers south of Bogotá (a little less than 500 miles) and 10 kilometres (about six miles) from the border with Ecuador, in the Colombian city of Ipiales in Nariño department. Las Lajas Sanctuary received canonical coronation from the Vatican in 1951 and the sanctuary was declared a basilica in 1954.
There are many stories and origins it protectes, however, that date back from at least the 18th century. One of the best known tells the story of Maria Mueses de Quiñones, and the miracles the Virgin granted to her daughter:
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The main characters [in this story] are Maria Mueses, an indigenous woman from Quiñones, who was descended from old caciques (tribe leaders) and her small daughter Rosa, deaf and mute from birth. The place where the events took place is located in the Equatorial Andes, 2.600 meters above sea level (about 8,500 feet), in the middle of a deep gorge over Guaitara river, in the municipality of Ipiales, on the southern end of modern-day Colombia, ten kilometers from the border with Ecuador. … Upon arrival to the Pastaran cave, Maria stops to rest. Then, the girl (her daughter Rosa) slips from her mother and starts to climb the shales. Soon Maria hears her daughter saying: ‘Mommy, look at this mestiza (mixed race) that has come down holding a baby with two other mestizos by her side.’ Bewildered, Maria is only able to grab the girl and run away from the place.
More:
https://globalvoices.org/2016/06/06/the-amazing-stories-of-las-lajas-sanctuary-the-most-beautiful-church-in-the-world/
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