Nazare O Sitio - Capela da Memoria Tile
by Nieves Nitta
Title
Nazare O Sitio - Capela da Memoria Tile
Artist
Nieves Nitta
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography. Watermark Not On Print
Description
The worn wooden steps make a stark contrast against the blue/white tile walls and ceiling of the very small Capela da Memoria, or Chapel of Memory, that was built in thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary over a small grotto on top of a cliff that overlooks the Atlantic ocean from O Sitio en Nazare, Portugal.
According to the legend, Memory Hermitage was built by the order of the knight Dom Fuas Roupinho [pt] in 1182[1] after Our Lady of Nazaré saved him from falling off the cliff when he was following a deer on a horse. It happened where the original statue of Our Lady, sculpted by St. Joseph in her presence and then painted by St. Luke, was placed next to a small altar by Roderic, king of the Visigoths. The statue was brought to this place by Roderic in 714 along with a monk Romano from the monastery located near the city of Mérida after Guadalete defeat. This image was found in a cave in 1179 over which D.F. Roupinho had the hermitage constructed in 1182 on the edge of the cliff. (Wikipedia excerpts).
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