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City of Santa Fé, in New Mexico, USA.
A mystery of over 130 years and attracting around 250 thousand
visitors every year. Point of attention : Loretto Chapel
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What makes this chapel different from all others is that the subject of the
supposed miracle that took place in it is a Staircase
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A chapel was constructed somewhere in hte 19th century. When it was ready, the nuns found that there was no staircase
built to take them to the top level
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They spent 9 days praying to St. Joseph, who was a carpenter.
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On the last day, a stranger knocked at their door and said that he was a
carpenter who could help them build the staircase.
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He constructed the staircase, all by himself,
which was considered to be the pride of carpentery.
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None knew how the staircase could stand by itself as it did not have a
central support.
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Then the carpenter, who did not use a single nail or glue to construct this
staircase, disappeared without even waiting for his payment.
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There was a rumour in the city of Santa Fé, that the carpenter was St.
Joseph himself ...
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...sent by Jesus Christ to attend to the nuns’ problem. Since then, the staircase was known to be called
“miraculous” and turned out to be the site for pilgrimage.
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There are 3 mysteries in this case, says the spokesman of the chapel : the 1st mystery is that, until today,
the identity of this man is not known.
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The second mystery – all the architects, engineers and
scientists say that they cannot understand how this staircase can
balance without any central support.
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And the 3rd mystery – from where did the wood come? They have checked and found out that the type of wood used to build the staircase does not
exist in the entire region
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There is another detail that has just increased the belief in the supposed miracle : The staircase has 33 steps,
the age of Jesus Christ.
M. Gallo