An opening has been placed behind the statue of Javier Viver through which light enters subtly and illuminates the Pregnant Virgin, as well as the concavities in which she stands at certain times of the day.
Description of project by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria
Lucía and Sebastián called us when Lola was still in Lucía's womb, but with the certainty that she would barely survive a few minutes outside it. They wanted a hermitage, a grotto, that would keep the memory of their daughter alive and give shelter to a sculpture by Javier Viver, a Pregnant Virgin.
The Hermitage is conceived as an excavated stone and has its origins in the concepts of chapel, womb, mystery, rock and, above all, in the sculpture by Javier Viver.
The "Ermita de Lola" completes the Virgin's embrace of her womb in three successive embraces or spaces. First, on the scale of Sebastián and Lucía's garden, which welcomes those who approach and gathers them around the Virgin. A smaller one, on the scale of the figure. And a third embrace or hollow, hidden behind the Virgin: a space for Lola, through which light enters during the day in a mysterious way. Nowadays, the Hermitage also holds Lola's ashes and her little sister Gloria, who appeared and left during the construction process.
Lola's Hermitage is conceived as a stony volume of white concrete excavated with three concavities of different scales. The rough, pitted and bush-hammered exterior contrasts with the polished and smooth interior, soft to the touch of the Virgin, of Lola, of Gloria, of the light and of those who approach.
