The Small Chapel Covered with Glass and Broken Pottery

To create a scaled-down replica of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, France, Brother Déodat built The Little Chapel on the island of Guernsey. He began the project in 1914 but ultimately had to demolish his first building due to complaints about its size. He rebuilt the chapel once more in the same year, but it lasted only until 1923. Brother Déodat had the chapel torn down a second time in order to rebuild it because the Bishop of Portsmouth could not fit through the door. The third chapel has finally managed to survive up until this point.


The Little Chapel is, as one might infer from its name, a minimal structure. Only about eight people can fit inside its 16 by 9-foot dimensions. Despite everything, the decoration, which includes broken china, seashells, and pebbles, is its most striking feature. Picassiette, the French word for this form of mosaic, literally translates as "plate pincher," the sort of person who shows up at a party solely to get a free meal.

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