Bavarian May Devotion at Chapel

A group of people in traditional Bavarian clothing gather for a May devotion outside a small, illuminated wayside chapel at dusk, with a mountain silhouette in the background.

A photo of a May devotion outside a candlelit wayside chapel in the Chiemgau, people in traditional Bavarian clothing gathered at dusk before mountains See more

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