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Christianity sacred sites in Mexico
Explore Christianity sacred sites in Mexico: pilgrimage places, living traditions, heritage landmarks, and sacred landscapes.
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Christianity sacred sites in Mexico help visitors move beyond broad directories into a more precise set of sacred places with shared geography, tradition, or site type.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
At the foot of Tepeyac Hill, where an Aztec goddess once dwelt and a brown-skinned Virgin appeared to an indigenous man, the world's most visited Catholic pilgrimage site...
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site rises at Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City, where the Virgin Mary appeared to an Aztec peasant in 1531....
Church of Guadalupe, San Cristobal
San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico
Rising above San Cristobal de las Casas on Cerro de Guadalupe, this 19th-century church draws devotees who climb its 79 stone steps to honor Mexico's most beloved sacred...
Cristo Rey, Cerro del Cubilete
Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
Rising 2,580 meters above central Mexico, Cristo Rey stands where believers placed Christ at the geographic heart of their nation....
Sanctuary of the Lord of Sacromonte
Amecameca, State of Mexico, Mexico
On the Sacred Hill of Amecameca, a cave once held an image of Tlaloc, rain god. The Dominicans replaced it in 1583 with a Black Christ made of cornstalk paste, lying in...
Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlan
Otatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
In 1541, as smallpox killed ninety percent of Tlaxcala's population, a young indigenous convert named Juan Diego Bernardino encountered the Virgin in a pine grove....
Sanctuary of the Holy Child of Atocha in Plateros
Plateros, Zacatecas, Mexico
In the silver mines of colonial Zacatecas, an explosion trapped miners in darkness. As their wives prayed at the church of St....
Church of Our Lady of Remedies & Great Pyramid of Cholula
Cholula de Rivadavia, Puebla, Mexico
Church of Our Lady of Remedies & Great Pyramid of Cholula is a church & pyramid of sacred significance.
Malverde Chapel, Sinaloa, Mexico
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Malverde Chapel, Sinaloa, Mexico is a chapel of sacred significance.
Basilica of Our Lady of Remedies, Naucalpan de Juarez
Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
On the night of La Noche Triste in 1520, when Cortes's forces fled Tenochtitlan in defeat, a soldier named Villafuerte concealed a 27-centimeter Virgin among the magueys...
Sanctuary of the Virgin of Candelaria in Tlacotalpan
Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico
In 1776, sailors brought a Catalan statue of the Virgin of Candelaria to Tlacotalpan, the island town on the Papaloapan River....
Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, Guadalajara
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
On October 12, more than three million people accompany a 34-centimeter corn paste statue through the streets of Guadalajara....
Church of the Black Christ, Otatitlan
Otatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world....
Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud, Patzcuaro
Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Don Vasco de Quiroga dreamed of utopia in the New World. In 1540, on a hill where Purepecha priests had performed ceremonies, he began building what would become...
Sanctuary of the Lord of Chalma
Chalma, State of Mexico, Mexico
In 1539, Augustinian friars found a shattered idol and a crucified Black Christ standing in its place....
Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Morenita)
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Black Madonna shrine known for Miraculous apparitions to Juan Diego (1531), tilma image, healing miracles, patroness of Mexico and the Americas
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