Remember, I broke my camera? Well they fixed it and I got it back! These pictures are of the town of Cartago, a little northeast of here.
This is the shell of a huge old cathedral that had been damaged several times by earthquakes. They tried over the years to rebuild it, but there kept being earthquakes so they just gave up and left the ruins and the grounds.
Interior of the ruins.
More of the exterior.
This is in the same town. This is referred to as the basilica. Laurie remembers this chruch being here when he was here as a young missionary. But they have done extensive work on it since then and it looks quite different. What they have done several times over the years is put on a new exterior. There is a display in an area like a basement where you can see what it used to look like before they refinished the exterior.
Close up of some of the exterior decoration. The basilica is dedicated to a little statue of the Virgin made out of black rock. It is called La Negrita.
More Exterior decoration. Around back there is a spring of water that is supposed to have healing qualities. There is a huge display of little silver and gold charms of the body parts that people believe were healed by this water.
Beautiful Interior.
1 comment:
What a beautiful building! And I love the ruins too.
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