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Memorial Hermitage at O`Sitio, the hilltop above the town of Nazare, Portugal. #234334222
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Pictured is the Memorial Hermitage at O`Sitio, the hilltop above the town of Nazare, Portugal. It is also called the Chapel of Our Lady of Nazare. The first construction was in 1182 on the initiative of Dom Fuas Roupinho over a cave where the image of Nossa Senhora da Nazare was hidden after the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. The initiative is linked to the episode of the Legend of Nazare.