Church of Our Lady of the Child
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Built entirely in lava stone it looks more like a house than a church, it has a central door of normal size and on the side walls of the small windows placed at the top. A tiny bell tower on the main façade summoned the faithful. For its stability, a wall was built close to a side wall.
This church represented the meeting point for many mothers who prayed to the Virgin Child for their daughters, invoking his blessing and protection. In the only side altar you can still admire a beautiful fresco depicting Mary Most Holy Liberator from material fire (lava) and spiritual fire.
The floor is in terracotta tiles, the gabled roof, visible are the cannizzi and the wooden beams that support the roof surmounted by tiles. This Church represented and still represents the meeting point for many mothers who pray to Saint Anne and the Virgin Child for all their children; in fact it is tradition to come on pilgrimage to this little church and to offer, in particular, the daughters under the protective gaze of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Source Municipality of Mascalucia
Property included in the IWB register of the Sicily Region (Places of the Sacred) - Sector "Places of the Marian Worship"
- Church of Our Lady of the Child
Site included in the Regional Charter of memory identity places in the area (LIM) "The Sacred Places": The places of the Marian cult
View the interactive map with the places of the Marian cult: Interactive Map The Places of Marian Worship
