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Michael Van on Instagram: "in a canyon near the
Colombian-Ecuadorian border, the Church of Las Lajas rises out of stone.
Built into the cliffs above the Guáitara River, it stands over the place where, in 1754, a woman and her deaf-mute daughter claimed to witness something extraordinary. Caught in a storm, they took shelter between the slabs of stone
—lajas—when the child pointed to the wall and spoke for the first time, saying the Virgin was calling.
The story spread quickly. And soon, something else was found: an image, already formed in the rock. Not painted, not carved. Embedded in the stone itself.
A rendering of the Virgin, flanked by figures believed to be St. Dominic and St. Francis. No brushstrokes. No pigment on the surface. Samples taken by later investigators showed that the image extended deep into the stone, with no human-made layer to explain it."
9 likes, 0 comments - ezekiel2_1 on November 16, 2025: "in a canyon near the
Colombian-Ecuadorian border, the Church of Las Lajas rises out of ston...