Our Srº da Piedade - Macinhata

2019-08-11 00:00

Our Srº da Piedade - Macinhata
(3rd week of August)

The sculpture of Our Lady of Mercy existing in this marian Sanctuary "is a sculpture of wood and perfeitíssima hand. It is revered and sought this holy image by the miraculous, and for this cause is the much-frequented house of romagens, as well of the people of the earth as of the surrounding, that come out to help the Lady to ask him for the remedy of their needs and in the faith with which use of its powers to manage the dispatching of all they need". This is a image of major perfect, 90 x 40cm which is part of the mannerist style, probably executed by a sculptor of art-the sacred orient at the end of the SIXTEENTH century or the beginning of the XVII.