Las Lajas Cathedral, Colombia

Las Lajas Cathedral or Las Lajas Sanctuary is a Roman Catholic Cathedral located in the southern Colombian Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The Gothic cathedral was built inside the canyon of the Guaitara River between 1916 and 1949.

The location of the Las Lajas Cathedral is closely tied to a local legend which claims that on the very same spot Virgin Mary revealed herself to a local woman and her deaf-mute daughter in 1754. Later appeared a mysterious painting of the Virgin Mary carrying a baby on the wall of the cave and the cathedral was constructed in such a way that the painting represents its high altar.

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