Santuario della Madonna della Sciara, Modern Catholic sanctuary in Massannunziata, Italy.

The Santuario della Madonna della Sciara stands beside the spot where the statue of the Madonna was found. Its facade is plain, with a white stone portal topped by a rectangular stone window; the roof is gabled with a barrel vault, and the interior has a single nave ending in an apse.

A church dedicated to the Madonna dell'Annunziata already stood at Mompilieri before the 14th century. The 1669 eruption buried the village and its church; digs ordered by Count Giovanni Andrea Massa, baron of Mompilieri, failed, but in 1704 villagers dug where a local person indicated and found the statue of the Madonna delle Grazie intact under the lava. A 19th-century chapel rose on the basalt hill above the grotto, and on 1 August 1923 Cardinal Giuseppe Francica Nava elevated it to sanctuary rank.

The name "Madonna della Sciara" comes from the lava field (sciara) where the statue was found; the original church was dedicated to the Madonna dell'Annunziata. In 1955 a craftsman digging for red stone found the heads of statues of the Annunziata and the Archangel Gabriel, attributed to Antonello Gagini. The sanctuary was named a Jubilee sanctuary for 2025 by Archbishop Luigi Renna.

The sanctuary is open daily to visitors and features accessibility ramps for easy entry and exit. Ample parking is available for both private cars and tour buses.

In 1955 a Catania craftsman was allowed to resume digging to extract red stone for building; during that work he found the heads of the statues of the Madonna dell'Annunziata and the Archangel Gabriel, attributed to the sculptor Antonello Gagini.