grotto

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The grotto was created from tons of lava rock by rock sculptor and artist Ryozo Fuso Kado.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Children would build grottos from the shells and pester passers-by for pennies for their efforts, with cries of "Pray remember the grotto!"

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

"In this grotto which symbolises how Jesus and the Holy Family found refuge, there is also the story of this Muslim family."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

Highly theatrical, it saw the 35-year-old perform inside a mossy grotto, singing on top of a giant mechanical beetle and ascending a tree trunk in fairy wings.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

The burning snakes twisted horribly and some crawled burning across the floor of the grotto to illuminate its darker recesses.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy