grotto

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At the side of the playground, there was a square of lawn, with a grotto – a small shrine centred on a statue of Mary.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The church and its grotto survived the fire, though the flames charred homes within two blocks of the structure.

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

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

Then they descended out of the America of factory work and tyrannical foremen into an Arcadian grotto of forgetfulness.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides