3. The Shrine of Our Lady of Las Lajas is a temple and basilica to
Catholic Christian worship and veneration of Our Lady of Las Lajas
located in Ipiales southern Colombia and pilgrimage and tourist
destination since the eighteenth century.
4. ME AND MY FAMILY VISIT THE SHRINE OF OUR
LADY OF THE LAJAS, SPENT BY THE MUSEUM WHICH
I FOUND VERY BEAUTIFUL WITH YOUR TOMBSTONE
DESIGNS ALSO VERY OLD AND BEAUTIFUL BI
AGRDECIMIENTO PLATES FOR MIRACLES RECEIVED
AN PEOPLE FOR THEIR FAITH AND DEVOTION TO
THE VIRGIN, I FOUND VERY BEAUTIFUL CHURCH
AND AROUND ALL VISITORS TO ADMIRE THE
BEAUTY THAT IS BUILT THE SANCTUARY LAJAS.
5.
6. HISTORY
The image is painted on a stone slab which is 3.20 m. high by 2.03 m. wide
located in a gap of 0.58 m. background on the wall of the river canyon
Guáitara. The set has iconographic 1.80 m. by 1.22 m.
The main figure corresponds to that of the Virgin of the Rosary, standing
on a crescent moon, carrying the Child Jesus on her left arm while the right
offers the Rosary to the accompanying figures on each side and they are the
two holy friars in prayer and have been identified as Santo Domingo and San
Francisco de Asis.
The painting style of the picture is the Quito school of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, and over time the devotees were adorned with jewels in
testimony of his gratitude for favors received, including crowns for the Virgin
and Child Jesus and stars gold and silver adorning his mantle.
