Pilgrimage church of Las Lajas, Colombia
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In the remote mountains of southwestern Columbia, Las Lajas certainly ranks among the most enchantingly beautiful pilgrimage shrines in all the world. A scene of fairy tale splendor, its loveliness takes ones breath away. Sparkling white with soaring spires, the cathedral clings precariously to the side of a sheer cliff. This cliff rises above a swiftly running river which, in the space of less than a mile, does two sharp S bends through a steep mountain gorge. Two waterfalls shoot powerfully from the jungle covered cliffs, plummeting a hundred feet to the surging river. Rains come and go frequently and lingering mists hide and reveal the church with the quickness of a magician’s hands. In concert with the ceaseless rumbling of flowing waters, church bells echo through the mountain valleys. I stayed for two nights in an old convent overlooking this scene and spent hours each day meditating in the church.
Las Lajas, Colombia
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