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25-Oct-2021

Ermita de Santa Rita

This route only asks for a little effort at the beginning to surmount the slight slope that brings you to discover Santa Rita spot and its small hermitage chapel –formerly known as the Chapel of Saint Pontius (Sant Ponç) and called nowadays the Chapel of Saint Rita. The building consists of a small nave with vaulted roof, which give it an air of neo-classical chapel, despite being a replica of an earlier chapel that was located in the same place and was probably destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. On the roof, there used to be a bell that was stolen. Inside the shrine there is a plain altar table and three images of the Patron Saints Pontius, Raymond Nonnatus and Rita of Cascia.Formerly, an outdoor meeting was organised there on St. Pontius day. A great number of people from Malgrat and surroundings would go up to celebrate. Nowadays, devotees of Saint Rita (patron saint of lost and impossible causes) still go up to the chapel and pray a Novena during nine days before May 22. Their tradition is the only one of both that has reached our time, hence the name that is popularly given to the place now.

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Don27-Oct-2021 19:21
Patron saint of "lost and impossible causes"! Love it.
Arthur Lebacq27-Oct-2021 13:05
A wonderful shot of this lovely chapel....like the shadow play....well seen and done....VV
Julie Oldfield27-Oct-2021 00:51
So cute. V
Marcia Colelli26-Oct-2021 15:57
Wonderful image of this little chapel. Nice composition. V
Tom Munson26-Oct-2021 13:47
This is lovely, Jose.
Nestor Derkach26-Oct-2021 13:46
The setting is lovely the light superb with nice composition and detail.
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Pierre Martin26-Oct-2021 12:53
look pretty small indeed!
janescottcumming26-Oct-2021 11:37
What a darling little chapel. I'll bet one would feel very safe and comfortable in there. So pretty with the tree shadows. V
Philip P26-Oct-2021 08:57
Beautiful capture!
fdt26-Oct-2021 07:25
Beautiful capture.
Helen Betts26-Oct-2021 04:36
Such lovely shadows and light on the pretty chapel. V.
Nirvan Hope26-Oct-2021 04:24
Lovely tree shadows on that sweet little chapel.
Bryan Murahashi26-Oct-2021 03:46
A very nice little chapel.
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