It was built during the last fourth of the XVIth century, probably as a votive offering from the merchant Antoni Caixa, to thank the Virgin of Aid. Nobody knows exactly when the works finished, but it was consecrated in September 1593.

The original chapel was very small, but it was enlarged during the first third of the XVIIIth century, and it has suffered posterior modifications until it has acquired the present condition.

The chapel, which was originally situated on a lonely place of the outskirts, turned into a crucial point for the development of the village and also into an important religious centre, due to the enormous devotion professed to this virgin by seamen and traders.