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Another shot from my outing with JP and Ian last Sunday. One of the sights I wanted to see when we were exploring Wied il-Għasel was this chapel built in a natural cave in the rock face (I had seen a documentary about the place on one of the local tv networks). The chapel is dedicated to St Paul the Hermit.

According to information on the chapel door, there is a legend about this chapel. It says that a hermit lived here many, many years ago and the farmers of the area rose against him and forced him out of the place. He escaped and crossed to Gozo on his mantle which he spread over the sea. The farmers later repented and built this chapel to express their sorrow for their bad deed.

Thank you very much for looking and for your lovely comments and fav’s on yesterday’s picture.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Beautiful Giorgio....it could so easily be in Lebanon...very similar terrain.

[Creative Fool]

Fascinating story and excellent photo!

[Claire]

Very interesting. Wonderful shot

[Margaret Obey]

Great shot. Thanks for the story

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Fabulous shot Dione, shame about the Hermit tho.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Wonderfully rugged terrain

[Sue Wilde]

This is quite lovely/ I love the idea that I have to climb those rugged steps to see this

[Sheralee S]

That's a really interesting place! I love how the flowers are growing out of the rocks.

[Kerri]

Beautiful shot

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

I like how you've composed so that the steps take your eye to the chapel ; it's like an invitation to ascend and explore.
Fascinating legend, thank you.

[Rick Schies]

If that legend is true, shame on them for a thousand years. But that is an interesting place to build a home

[Brianna]

A wonderful capture for a very historic place! Love how the shot really draws you in! Lovely :)

[John]

No annoying people around you, what a great place to live

[richard saffold]

sounds like the farmers got off easy.

[Colleen]

What a fabulous place to hike and see!

[Pyrrhula]

A great and beautiful shot of this wonderful place. A good place to hide from life for some weeks

[Paula W]

Must have been quite difficult to build that up there. I really like the steps in the foreground especially and the coloured flowers growing amongst the rocks.

[Keith Porteous]

great shot, what a fascinating spot!

[Taffy]

Thanks for sharing the history -- the image itself is fascinating.

[Islandgirl]

Thanks for sharing this piece of history!
Great pov and love the rocky hillside.

[Terry]

great information.

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful scenery and great capture. Thanks for the great info.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot and story

[Catherine W.]

Gorgeous surroundings!!! Interesting tale!

[Dione Giorgio]

@ruthmouch @creativefool @claireuk @ceilidh @http365proj @ziggy77 @swilde @bella_ss @kerristephens @dulciknit @digitalrn @lilminimonka @johnnyfrs @chard @httpgeffed @pyrrhula @paulaw @kporte @taffy @radiogirl @sarasdadandmom @anazad511 @bkbinthecity @wannabe Many thanks for your wonderful comments.

[mervyn hobbs]

That is amazing to see it so high up.

[Ivan]

Rocky - nice angle on the chapel.

[Dione Giorgio]

@carwyn3 @ivan Thank you very much for your lovely comments.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This chapel reminds me of the ones we saw in Greece- built under similar circumstances, that is places where hermits had lived which were venerated and chapels then built to commemorate them. It's a beautiful area.

[Angie]

Awesome. What a fantastic point of view

[Dione Giorgio]

@olivetreeann @angiec Thanks

[Vicki Dixon]

cool place

[Diane]

Great shot, lovely rock formations and nice story!

[Dione Giorgio]

@vickisfotos @dianeburns thank you very much.