Home
  • HOME
  • eat
  • Shop
  • SEE+DO
  • Nightlife
  • Music
  • Cheap+Free
  • Families+Kids
  • TOP SECRETS
  • |
  • ADVERTISE
  • |
  • MY SECRET BOSTON TV
  • |
  • BLOGS
  • |
  • CELEBRITY SECRETS
  • |
  • ABOUT US
  • |
  • OUR TEAM
Home

Share

Religious Perspective

Great views from a Catholic shrine inspired by a Jew

Madonna Queen National Shrine

Photo: Peyri Hamada

T

he Madonna Queen National Shrine is one of those secrets that hide in plain sight. It’s hard to miss—a 35-foot bronze-and-copper statue of the Madonna 216 feet up at the top of Orient Heights (you’ve probably seen it from the runway at Logan)—but many people do. Built with small donations collected over 50 years by a Catholic missionary order called the Don Orione Fathers, the shrine is a replica of one atop Mount Mario in Rome sculpted by an Italian Jew, Arrigo Minerbi, as a gesture of gratitude to the order for helping him escape the Nazis during World War II. An observation deck offers unparalleled views of the airport below and the city skyline just across the harbor. Marcus

Shhh who knew

The Madonna Queen National Shrine was built in 1954 by a group of Italian nuns and priests who had come to Boston five years earlier to open a nursing home named for the since-canonized Don Luigi Orione.

  • Where
  • When
  • By T
  • More near the Madonna shrine
  • More like the Madonna shrine

Madonna Queen National Shrine

111 Orient Ave.
East Boston, MA, 02128
617.569.2100
Find on a map|Get directions.

These lines serve the Madonna shrine. Click to find more secrets on your route.

120 Bus, Orient Heights/Blue Line

_______________________

Get directions to the Madonna shrine by T.

Find more secrets like Catholic, Jew, Jewish, Religion, Religious, Shrine, View, Virgin Mary

_______________________

See all topics.

Find more secrets in East Boston

_______________________

See all neighborhoods.

Daily, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

  • No votes yet
  • Email

  • Share |

  • Know another overlooked landmark?

  • Another hidden gem in East Boston? Tell us here or email us.


Weather | Traffic


mysecretboston on Facebook

* indicates required
Close

See more like this

Sal's Lunch
Sub Standard

Where to go for bargain...

Johnny D's, Somerville
Brain Food

Free pizza with your...

M.A.C.
Face Time

How to have an expert do...

Urban renewals
Household Recycling

A vintage clothing shop...

Javascript is required to view this map.

Find by Neighborhood

South Boston Brookline Allston Newton Jamaica Plain Central Square North End Fenway Beacon Hill Newbury Street Brighton Somerville Kenmore Square Massachusetts Avenue South End Cambridge Financial District Back Bay Harvard Square Coolidge Corner
more tags

Find by Topic

Burgers Brunch Bar Salads Exercise Beer Sandwich Sports Museum Kitsch Breakfast Healthy Sandwiches Takeout View Bakery History Historic Pizza Coffee Outdoor seating Tea Art Al fresco Dessert Cocktails Wine Politics Late night Retro Clothing Lunch Live music Pasta Ice cream
more tags
  • © 2010 USEFUL MEDIA GROUP LLC. All rights reserved
  • |
  • CONTACT US
  • |
  • ABOUT US
  • |
  • FAQs
  • |
  • ADVERTISE
  • |
  • INTERNSHIPS