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Christianity sacred sites in Brazil
Explore 11 sacred sites in Brazil connected to Christianity. Compare locations on the map and find respectful cultural and visiting guidance.
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Aparecida, Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida
Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil
The largest Marian shrine in the world rises above the Paraíba Valley in southeastern Brazil, housing a small dark statue of the Virgin Mary found in a river three...
Bom Jesus da Lapa, Santuário do Bom Jesus da Lapa
Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
Inside a limestone hill on the banks of the São Francisco River, natural caves have held Catholic worship for over three centuries....
Caninde, Estátua de São Francisco
Canindé, Ceará, Brazil
Rising thirty meters above the parched hills of Ceará, the Estátua de São Francisco das Chagas watches over the largest Franciscan pilgrimage in the Americas....
Juazeiro do Norte, Colina do Horto
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
Colina do Horto rises above Juazeiro do Norte in the semi-arid sertão of Ceará, Brazil, crowned by the 27-meter statue of Padre Cícero — a priest the Church once condemned...
Nossa Senhora Aparecida
Inside Aparecida, Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida
Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil
The original image is displayed in a protective niche inside the national basilica....
Salvador, Igreja Matriz de Santana
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
On a headland in Salvador's Rio Vermelho neighborhood, a Catholic mother church stands steps from the shore where Candomble devotees send offerings to Iemanja each...
Salvador, Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
In 1549, Brazil's first governor-general stepped ashore at Salvador carrying an image of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception....
Salvador, Nosso Senhor do Bonfim Church
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
On the Itapagipe Peninsula in Salvador, Bahia, a white church on a hill holds two faiths in one body....
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
On a hillside in Minas Gerais, twelve prophets in soapstone look down from their staircase, scrolls unfurled, announcing what the chapels below depict: Christ's Passion,...
Santuário do Caraça
Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Perched at 1,300 metres in the Serra do Caraça, this 250-year-old Vincentian sanctuary holds Brazil's first neo-Gothic church, masterworks by the colonial painter Mestre...
Trinidade, Basilica of Trindade, Divino Pai Eterno
Trindade, Goiás, Brazil
In the red-earth heartland of Goias, eighteen kilometers west of the state capital, stands the only basilica on earth dedicated to the Divino Pai Eterno, the Divine...
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