Uxarraci

Ujarrás lies in a sheltered valley east of Cartago, amid the mountains of Costa Rica’s interior. The settlement grew around a colonial church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. An image kept there became known as the Virgin of the Rescue after 1666, when the withdrawal of an English raiding party led by Edward Mansfield and Henry Morgan was attributed to her intercession. The church became a place of devotion for the surrounding communities.