Cartago, Ruinas de Ujarras (Costa Rica)
Wikipedia tells us, in part: “Ujarrás contains the ruins of one of the oldest churches in Costa Rica, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción, which was built in the 1580s … Local legend has it that a painting of the Virgin was found in a box by native Huetar Indian fishermen who brought it to the village, and a church was thus built on this site by the locals to commemorate the Virgin. Initially a hermitage made of straw was built and indigenous people called the image Virgin Mary as “The Queen of the Valleys”. It was built between 1575 and 1580. It is also said that when the English pirate Henry Morgan attacked the village in 1666, the Virgin Mary came to their rescue to repulse the attack.” In any event, this is an official (Government) card with 150 colones pre-printed postage, and someone’s name inked into the address area. Grade: 3