The Madonna delle Grazie' s Sanctuary is situated at three kilometres and a half from the centre of Capoliveri, and at a few metres from the sea. It is a Latin cross-shaped plan building with an oriental bell tower at its side. The artistic framework of this structure, which was built in the XVI century, was strongly influenced by the decline of the Renaissance and the progressive consolidation of the Baroque.

Since the beginning, this building became a pilgrimage destination for the presence of a small picture of the Virgin Mary, that is much loved by the inhabitants of the area.
The creation of the Madonna delle Grazie' s Sanctuary is associated with this picture. It is said that the inhabitants of Capoliveri found the painting on the beach.
This sensational event occurred twice. In effect, the canvas, once brought to the village by its discoverers, mysteriously appeared on the beach again and no explanation was found on who could have possibly carried it there.
The event was judged as a miracle and the villagers decided to rise a chapel on the beach which was the nucleus of the future sanctuary. Nevertheless, according to another legend, the monks of St. Mamiliano, who got the painting by the Pope Giulio II della Rovere, took the picture where they had decided to build their new monastery.
Some French monks who escaped the Giacobine persecutions built the path linking the Sanctuary to the town. They found shelter just in the small hermitage near the religious building in 1792.
In order to thank the hermits of their hospitality, the friars offered to work on the pathway.
Since the XX century, the hermit monks have not guarded the Madonna delle Grazie's Sanctuary. It was thanks to the German tycoon Mr. Gustav Blankenagel, who privately financed its renovations, that the building got back to its original beauty.
Furthermore, during the works a medieval stone altar was found and it led to suppose the existence of a building previous to the sanctuary.
Among the works of art preserved in the Madonna delle Grazie's Sanctuary of there is a "Madonna del Silenzio" oil on canvas painting by Marcello Venusti, which is a copy of one draft made by his "maestro", the famous Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti.
This small picture portrays St. John the Baptist asking for silence keeping his forefinger before his mouth, so as not to wake the Holy Child. It is set at the centre of the high altar.