Why is the Church covered in scallop shells? You should not leave without knowing that you have on your right the only chapel in the world covered with scallop shells. …

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Teufelchen New

July 20, 2023

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The famous shell church was formerly dedicated to San Sebastián, but after the reform the Virgen del Carmen was used as the main image. In this chapel the famous San Caralampio is venerated, a 19th century martyr. III, who is the patron saint of skin diseases. The patronage and devotion to this special place of thermal water as a therapy to heal the skin in the thermal baths of this island A Toxa, therefore since ancient times people go to this chapel and ask for the protection of this saint.

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K🌍nny

March 22, 2025

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The beautiful chapel with its shell cladding is

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