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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4296927, member: 2844&quot;]It doesn&#039;t have the side planks, but there are probably hundreds in the Merano area, and thousands in the wider Dolomite region. They are put up for travellers to pray for a safe journey, but also in places where people died because of an accident.</p><p>It is a general thing in Catholic regions, but even more so in perilous regions like the Dolomites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here in the southern Netherlands we often have them at crossroads. We also have Madonna shrines and small chapels by the side of the road or at crossroads. Nowadays many Madonnas are behind a fence, to avoid them being stolen and sold on the international market.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F1%2F18%2FWegkruis_212895_Heidestraat_Rekem_19-10-2020_12-09-09.jpg&amp;sp=1629981097T4a77216fe083a79a4dae3758855ca876557df14a20b4373514d79e71777c18ff" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mariakapellen.nl%2FFoto%2Cs%2FBopZ.jpg&amp;sp=1629980916Td59a65ba37cbd1e5975b132aa538295564ae89997112e56202c39d234a3b5231" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rijckheyt.nl%2Fsites%2Frijckheyt%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Ftoken-image-medium%2Fpublic%2Fafbeeldingen%2FHistorieachtergronden%2FGebouwen%2Fnuth%2FNut_MariakapelKruisSchimmert.jpg%3Fitok%3DEVLgLfs_&amp;sp=1629980769T6ec53c76d10c95f8667882ed0c5611d9f2f7a03be56b86cb12c9b3bcc999d283" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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