They find in Sencelles the Virgin Mary stolen from the little chapel of Costitx
The image, stolen on June 15, has appeared almost four months later in the square of Sencelles, next to the figure of Sister Francinaina
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CostitxHappy ending for the heritage of Costitx. After almost four months of uncertainty and intense neighborhood and institutional mobilization, the image of the Virgin Mary from the small chapel on Major Street in Costitx has reappeared.
![The little chapel of Major street in Costitx.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The "rediscovery" took place this very morning in Sencelles. The figure was located right next to the image of Sor Francinaina in the town square, a fact that allowed for its immediate identification and the authorities and the Sencelles City Council were alerted.
![Image recovered.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 768 1024"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The piece, a valuable Santanyí sandstone sculpture catalogued as a heritage asset and dated to the year 1913, was stolen on June 15th. The theft caused great shock among the residents of Costitx, who a few weeks later installed a provisional replica. Furthermore, the City Council had already commissioned a new image for the small chapel.
