There is a church in Brazil that is made out of wine. Brazil’s Vale de Vinhedos (Valley of Vineyards) was settled in the late 1800s by Italian immigrants, who grew grapes and made wine just as they had done in their native country. In 1904, construction began on Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves, or the Chapel of Our Lady of the Snow. Soon into the project, the area suffered a drought, which meant no water for mortar. To keep construction on the chapel going, each of the twenty families that were working on the building project donated 300 liters of wine, which was kneaded with clay and wheat straw to make mortar. The chapel was completed in 1907. (from Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide, by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras)
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