Walkway of the Wayside Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

Walkway of the Wayside Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

  Wayside shrines are widespread in this area, as they had both the function of protecting the people who lived in the towns and countrysides, and of being a place of worship where people could pray for the deceased.   The Wayside Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows located in Via Fondà in Conselve (PD) is an example of how these places still play an important role in the town, a social one in particular: in the last few years, in fact, the local community has equipped this area and paid for the restoration of this small chapel (done by local artist Bruno Ceccarello), in order to set up the area as a place to meet and share moments of both spiritual and collective life, the most anticipated of which is the one linked to the festivity of Our Lady of the Snow, on 5th August.   If you take the dirt-track walkway that starts from this wayside shrine and winds down the countryside, you will reach Via Beolo, where there is the last example of a “casone”, a big old farmhouse, remaining in the town of Conselve.   Address: via Fondà, Conselve (PD) Open to the public

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