Church of Our Lady of the Child
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Built entirely of lava stone, it resembles a house more than a church. It has a normal-sized central door and small, high windows on the side walls. A tiny bell tower on the main façade summoned the faithful. For its stability, a wall was built against a side wall.
This church was a gathering place for many mothers who prayed to the Infant Virgin for their daughters , invoking her 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 Map of Places of Identity and Memory in the Area (LIM) "The Places of the Sacred": The Places of Marian Worship
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