15th July, 2012. This road leads to one of the main sights in Chambery – the Elephants Fountain erected by Benoit de Boigne. The street is also named after this personage who designed and built it. Arched walkways can be seen on each side of the road. This is one of the most characteristic roads of Chambéry with its order and its liveliness. On the day of our visit, it was almost completely empty.
What I found interesting here was the flag of Switzerland flying alongside that of France when the day before it was Bastille Day, France’s National Day.
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Assumption to heaven of the Holy Virgin. For Malta this is a very important feast, especially for the older generations. Malta was saved several times from trouble through the intercession of Mary. In August, 1942, the veterans remember this very clearly, Malta was at the verge of surrendering to the Axis Forces. There was no food for the population, no ammunition for the gunners and no fuel to send the Spitfires to meet the enemy out at sea. Convoys just couldn’t reach Malta because of the heavy bombardment they received on the way. Operation Pedestal, the largest convoy to be organised to the Mediterranean, was sent to relieve the Island. Many merchant ships and warships never made it to the Island but enough reached Malta safely to bring the much-needed supplies. The convoy arrived during August, the last ship, crippled and assisted by 2 destroyers, was the Fuel Tanker, Ohio which arrived on 15th August, 1942, the feast we celebrate today. The Maltese continue to believe that it was a miracle through the intercession of Mary.
Thank you so very much for your wonderful comments on yesterday's picture.
great view up through the buildings the lines leading to the colour and interest beyond drag the eye on. We celebrate the BVM in the CofE today, among the higher churches, but we tend to not say that it's the assumption
