Posts tagged with street shrine.
A street shrine for Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii in Valletta’s San Elmo district, Malta.
A street shrine for Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mdina, Malta.
I’m spending a week in Malta, which is full of churches and shrines dedicated to the Madonna.
A street shrine in Naples for the Madonna dell’Arco and the Mater Dolorosa.
(Source: Flickr / caprilemon)
Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Goeden Duik
This small shrine in honour of Our Lady of Good Shelter in the Dutch city of Maastricht was commissioned by the parents of four young men who survived the Second World War.
The men were captured by the Nazis in 1943, when they were found hiding in a farmer’s barn. However, two of them later managed to escape while the other two survived imprisonment.
The parents asked for Mary to be depicted as the protector of those who seek hiding from the enemy, as they attributed their sons’ survival to her.
(Source: 4en5mei.nl)
