Oratoire Notre-Dame de Campitello

Campitello

On 26 June 1899 two girls of about fifteen who had gone to gather wood, Madeleine Parsi, known as “Lellena” (called Hélène by some sources), and Perpétue Lorenzi, say they see a lady dressed in white and blue above a rock below the village. Other villagers will say they see her in turn. According to the dictionary by Laurentin and Sbalchiero, a spring gushes out at the foot of the rock on 14 August 1899; it still flows. An inquiry was begun but never concluded, and the Church has not recognised these apparitions; a mass followed by a procession to the rock takes place each year around 21 June (to be checked). Lellena, who became a nun and died in 1928, lies facing the rock, where an oratory, a statue of the Virgin and a calvary stand.

Visit Corsica — Sentier de la Madonna, Campitello ↗

Getting there : Madonna trail: start from the municipal car park of Campitello, “Madonna” waymarking, about 1.1 km downhill to the rock (2.2 km there and back, 110 m of height difference) according to Visit Corsica; condition of the trail and access (to be checked). The coordinates given are those of the starting car park, not of the rock.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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