Religious heritage · Sainte-Rose
Notre-Dame-des-Laves
The East
Why go
A rare place where religious heritage and volcanic memory overlap in spectacular fashion: during the eruption of April 1977, the lava flow surrounded the church without entering it.
History
Built in 1927 and originally dedicated to the Infant Jesus of Prague, it was enlarged in 1935, then rebuilt in 1952 after a cyclone. After the eruption of April 1977, it took the name Notre-Dame-des-Laves (Our Lady of the Lavas).
Photo: Rémih · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources (1)
- https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/eglise-notre-dame-des-laves-a-sainte-rose/100156
