The Chapel

The Chapel

(Immaculate Conception Church)

Av. Buenos Aires y Paseo 101

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The story behind this place

Here we see the Immaculate Conception Parish. Inaugurated in 1967, it was the first chapel in our city; it was later expanded and remodeled in the year 2000. It features two entrances. The interior is very bright, with a wooden ceiling, and is notable for its Stations of the Cross, depicted through polychromed sculptures. It also houses an image of Saint Rita, donated by the renowned artist Tita Merello—who, in 1987, was named an "honorable resident" of the city of Villa Gesell.
The parish also contains a cinerarium, designed to provide a proper and dignified final resting place for the ashes of the faithful departed—within consecrated ground, on the parish premises.