Can a giant Madonna help slow secularization in Poland?
- With its grain fields, meadows and lake, the countryside around the tiny village of Konotopie in central Poland is idyllic.
- Now there is a monumental statue of the Virgin Mary Towering above all this.
- Home to just 120 residents and situated about 160 kilometers (99 miles) northwest of the capital, Warsaw, the previously little-known village of Konotopie has been in the headlines for weeks now as a result of the massive statue.
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- With its grain fields, meadows and lake, the countryside around the tiny village of Konotopie in central Poland is idyllic.
- Now there is a monumental statue of the Virgin Mary Towering above all this.
- Home to just 120 residents and situated about 160 kilometers (99 miles) northwest of the capital, Warsaw, the previously little-known village of Konotopie has been in the headlines for weeks now as a result of the massive statue.
Sources: DW