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Little Chapel

A tiny chapel covered inside and out in seashells, pebbles and broken china.

Photo: Michael D. Turnbull · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Every day
Price
Free; donations welcome
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
Les Vauxbelets, St Andrew GY6 8XYDirections
Getting There
About 15 minutes by bus from St Peter Port.

Why Go

Brother Déodat, a monk, began building it in 1914 as a miniature copy of the basilica at Lourdes. Islanders gave him broken plates and pottery to decorate every surface, and only a few people fit inside at once.

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