Origin and history

The chapel Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus de Dos-d'Âne is a religious monument located in the municipality of La Possession. This place of worship, dedicated to Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, is part of the local heritage without its exact period of construction or construction being specified in the available sources. Its name evokes a Marian or Theresian devotion, typical of many chapels erected in France and in the ultramarine territories from the nineteenth century.

Religious buildings such as this chapel often played a central role in community life, serving as a gathering place for ceremonies, employers' feasts or moments of collective prayer. In La Possession, as in other communes of La Réunion, these constructions reflect the importance of the Christian faith in social and cultural organization, especially in island contexts where religious traditions blend with local practices.