Back to photostream

Rocky Mountains NP - Chapel on the Rock

Camera: Canon Eos 6D

Lens: EF24-105mmF/4L-IS-USM

Aperture: f/22

Focal Length: 35 mm

Shutter Speed: 1/25

ISO: 100

 

 

The Chapel on the Rock (officially, Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel) is a tourist landmark in Allenspark, Colorado, USA. The chapel is located on the grounds of the Saint Malo Retreat, Conference, and Spiritual Center of the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver which has been closed since November 2011.

In 1999 Boulder County designated the chapel as a historic site.

Pope Saint John Paul II prayed at the chapel during his visit to Denver for World Youth Day in 1993; he blessed the chapel afterwards. The pope later hiked in the surrounding woods and spent some time at the Saint Malo Retreat Center.

 

In November 2011 the Chapel on the Rock was spared from a devastating fire that destroyed a majority of the retreat center, forcing it to close its doors.

During the rock slides of September 2013 the Chapel on the Rock survived, though much of the surrounding terrain was destroyed

 

Source: Wikipedia

5,948 views
177 faves
10 comments
Uploaded on May 27, 2015
Taken on May 25, 2015