Case file · Apparition / miracle
Las Lajas apparition
Around 1754, an Indigenous woman, María Mueses de Quiñones, and her deaf-mute daughter sheltering from a storm in the Guáitara canyon said they saw an image of Mary on the rock.
1754 CE · 0.81, -77.59 · status: legend
The account
The daughter is said to have spoken for the first time, saying the 'Mestiza' was calling her. The image on the rock is now framed by a dramatic neo-Gothic basilica bridging the canyon near Ipiales, Colombia, visited by pilgrims from Colombia and Ecuador.
The sceptical view
The story is a devotional tradition; the painted image's origin is not documented.