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Complejo santuario de la Virgen de Chapi

Polobaya, Peru

The Blessed Virgin of Chapi (Spanish: Santísima Virgen de Chapi), formally Our Lady of the Candlemas of Chapi (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Chapi) and popularly called "Mamita de Chapi", is a Catholic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the patron saint of both the city and region

of Arequipa, in southern Peru. Her sanctuary stands in the Chapi Valley in Polobaya District, roughly 60 kilometres south of the city of Arequipa, and is one of the most visited Marian shrines in Peru.

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