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Old houses of the village
Old Iglesia
View from inside the Chapter roomConvent of Meritxell
Truly a unique find!! This convent is 0.5~1km south of the town of Canillo.
The backdrop of the mountains is magnificent. The architectural style of having many open archways and doorways with no roofs adds to the feeling of grandeur and intimacy with nature.
Free entry to all, but you must observe posted visiting hours.
For more general comments, feel free to see my Andorra page.
"The Church"
"One 6 January in the late 12th century, villagers from Meritxell, Andorra were going to Mass in Canillo. Though it was winter, they found a wild rose in bloom by the roadside. At its based was a statue of the Virgin and Child. They placed the statue in a chapel in the church in Canillo. The next day the statue was found sitting under the wild rose again. Villagers from Encamp took the statue to their church, but the next day the statue had returned to the rose bush. Though it was snowing, an area the size of a chapel was completely bare, and the villagers of Meritxell took this to mean that they should build a chapel to house the statue. On 8-9 September 1972 the chapel burned down and the statue was destroyed; a copy sits in the new Meritxell Chapel." [taken from www.catholic-forum.com]
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