[Teleport] Our Lady of the Rocks, Montenegro
- by Denis Bašić
- 2018-01-07
- 12 media
- 12 available
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It is an artificial island created by sinking old ships loaded with rocks.
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This was sculpted by Antonio Capellano from Genoa and erected in the church in 1796.
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In the 1600s Venetians took over the region of Boka and the city of Perast.
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In 1630 they built a Catholic chapel on the place of original orthodox one.
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On 22nd of July at sunset citizens of Perast take their boats and throw rocks into the see
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Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rocks) is the name of one of two tiny islands.
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The peculiar fact about these island is that they are almost completely man made.
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Behind the church, there is secret entrance leading in to the chapel.
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The courtyard in front is known as “Place of Reconciliation.”
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The island began as a pile of rocks, and according to legend, on 22nd of July 1452.
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The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rocks.
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The place where two brothers started to pile the rock to built the island in 1452.