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The Sanctuary of the Peña de Francia
El Cabaco, Castile and León, Spain
Rising to 1,723 meters in the Sierra de Francia, this Dominican sanctuary guards a Black Madonna hidden for six centuries during Muslim rule....
The Sanctuary of Saint Rosalia
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
High on Monte Pellegrino above Palermo, a sanctuary extends into the cave where a twelfth-century noblewoman spent her final years in solitary prayer....
Santuario di N.S. di Oropa, Italy
Biella, Piedmont, Italy
Oropa rises in the Biellese Alps at 1,159 meters, the largest Marian sanctuary in the Alpine world....
Monte Gargano
Monte Sant'Angelo, Apulia, Italy
On the Gargano promontory, a cave has drawn pilgrims since 490 CE, when Saint Michael first appeared to a local bishop....
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...
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....
Cotoca, Santuario de la Virgen de Cotoca
Cotoca, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Bolivia's most beloved Marian pilgrimage rises from the central plaza of Cotoca, a small town east of Santa Cruz de la Sierra....
The Sanctuary of Tindari
Patti, Sicily, Italy
On a promontory 180 meters above the Tyrrhenian Sea, where Greeks once worshipped Ceres and Byzantine sailors found refuge from a storm, stands one of Sicily's most...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption in Chacas
Chacas, Ancash, Peru
In the high Andes of Ancash, at 3,359 meters, stands a sanctuary built upon layers of sacred time....
Sanctuary of Our Lord of Huanca
Qosqo Ayllu, Cusco, Peru
In the 16th century, Diego Quispe—a slave fleeing punishment in the mines of Yasos—spent the night in prayer near Chinchero....
Santuario Virgen de la Esperanza
Calasparra, Region of Murcia, Spain
Six kilometers from Calasparra in Spain's Murcia region, a natural cave on the banks of the Segura River holds the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Hope....
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....
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....
Sacro Monte di Oropa
Biella, Biella, Piedmont, Italy
At 1,159 meters in the Biellese Alps, the Sanctuary of Oropa houses a Black Madonna statue venerated for some sixteen centuries and, above it, a Baroque devotional path...
Sanctuary of the Fuensanta
Murcia, Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
On a mountain spur above Murcia's fertile huerta, a Baroque sanctuary holds the city's patroness — a Marian image credited with ending a devastating drought in 1694....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Head
Andújar, Andújar, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
High in the Sierra de Andújar's granite hills, this basilica-shrine holds one of Spain's most venerated Black Madonnas, discovered by legend in 1227 by a healed shepherd....
Sanctuary of Torreciudad
Secastilla, Secastilla, Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Marian devotion at Torreciudad reaches back to an eleventh-century hermitage, its Romanesque carving traditionally enthroned in 1084....
Sanctuary of Loyola
Azpeitia, Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
Built around the medieval tower house where Ignatius of Loyola was born and later converted to a life of spiritual seeking, the Sanctuary of Loyola is the origin point of...
Ujué Sanctuary-Fortress
Ujué/Uxue, Ujué/Uxue, Navarre, Spain
Ujué rises at 815 meters above the Navarrese plain, its Romanesque-Gothic church wrapped in medieval battlements and walkways — a building that has always been fortress...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Abadia
Amares, Santa Maria do Bouro, Amares, Braga / Norte, Portugal
Above the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria do Bouro, near Amares in the Minho, an eight-chapel Via Sacra climbs to a Marian sanctuary local tradition holds as one of...
Sanctuary of Monti-Sion
Porreres, Porreres, Mallorca, Spain
On a 250-meter hill outside Porreres, this Marian sanctuary has drawn Mallorcan pilgrims since the late 15th century....
Santuario francescano di Fontecolombo
Fontecolombo, Lazio, Italy
In the summer of 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi retreated to a cave on the forested slopes of Monte Rainiero, five kilometers from Rieti, and spent forty days writing the...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies
Lamego, Lamego, Viseu / Norte, Portugal
Above the Douro Valley town of Lamego, a Baroque staircase of 686 steps rises through nine terraced levels toward a Marian shrine devoted to healing....
Sanctuary of Puig de Maria
Pollença, Pollença, Mallorca, Spain
Reached only on foot, up a steep stone path above Pollença, this small Marian sanctuary was raised in 1348 as a town's collective plea against the Black Death....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Dispatch
Maia, Maia, Porto / Norte, Portugal
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Dispatch anchors the town of Maia around a devotion whose name once meant something startlingly practical: a favorable ruling on the...
Santuario di Nostra Signora di Gonare
Orani, Sardegna, Italy
At 1,100 metres above sea level, the Santuario di Nostra Signora di Gonare is the highest church in Sardinia....
Santuario di Santa Rita, Cascia
Cascia, Cascia, Umbria, Italy
The basilica houses the incorrupt body of Saint Rita of Cascia, an Augustinian nun canonized in 1900 and venerated across the Catholic world as patroness of impossible...
Sanctuary of Santo Cristo do Senhor da Serra
Miranda do Corvo, Semide, Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra / Centro, Portugal
On a hill above the village of Semide, near Coimbra, a sanctuary holds an image of Santo Cristo credited since the 17th century with miraculous favors....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Conception of Vila Viçosa
Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Évora / Alentejo, Portugal
Inside the castle walls of Vila Viçosa stands the parish church where, on March 25, 1646, King João IV placed his own royal crown on an image of Our Lady of the...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cape Espichel
Sesimbra, Cabo Espichel, Sesimbra, Setúbal / Lisboa Region, Portugal
On a wind-scoured Atlantic promontory south of Lisbon, an eighteenth-century Baroque church and its long pilgrim-hostel wings face an empty plaza above sheer cliffs....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Piety, Loulé
Loulé, Loulé, Faro / Algarve, Portugal
Above Loulé, on a hill traced by an old Roman road, a small hermitage founded in 1553 holds a wooden Pietà venerated as miraculous....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Piety, Lousã
Lousã, Lousã, Coimbra / Centro, Portugal
Above the town of Lousã, a stairway of hermitage chapels climbs a rocky spur opposite the medieval castle, ending at a summit sanctuary holding a pietà image of Nossa...
Santuario di San Pio da Pietrelcina
San Giovanni Rotondo, Apulia, Italy
In the Gargano peninsula of Puglia, the Sanctuary of San Pio da Pietrelcina marks the place where Padre Pio — the Capuchin friar who bore the visible wounds of Christ's...
Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Gràcia
Llucmajor, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain
Built into the rock beneath a cliff face on Puig de Randa, the Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Gràcia began as a Franciscan hermit's cave in the mid-15th century and grew...
Arantzazu Sanctuary
Oñati, Oñati, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
Tucked into a dramatic mountain gorge in the Basque hills above Oñati, Arantzazu is at once Spain's most architecturally radical Catholic basilica and the living heart of...
Sanctuary of Santa Luzia
Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo / Norte, Portugal
Above Viana do Castelo, a Byzantine-domed basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is known locally by another name entirely: Santa Luzia, patron of eyesight, whose...
Sacro Monte di Orta
Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy
On a green hill overlooking Lake Orta and the island of San Giulio, twenty chapels narrate the life of St....
Sanctuary of Lluc
Escorca, Escorca, Mallorca, Spain
High in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana, the Sanctuary of Lluc keeps a dark stone Virgin that tradition says was found by a shepherd in the 13th century....
Santuario della Santa Casa di Loreto
Loreto, Ancona, Italy
Three stone walls, tradition holds, once formed the house where the angel appeared to Mary in Nazareth....
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
Braga, Braga, Braga / Norte, Portugal
Above Braga, a zigzagging Baroque staircase rises through fountains and chapels toward a hilltop basilica — a Sacro Monte built after the Counter-Reformation to let...
Sanctuary of São Bento da Porta Aberta
Terras de Bouro, Rio Caldo, Terras de Bouro, Braga / Norte, Portugal
Above the Cávado river valley at the edge of Peneda-Gerês National Park, the Sanctuary of São Bento da Porta Aberta has kept its doors open, by tradition and by policy,...
Sanctuary of Cura
Algaida, Algaida, Mallorca, Spain
Sanctuary of Cura crowns Puig de Randa, the highest point of central Mallorca, and is the island's second most visited pilgrimage site after the Santuari de Lluc....
Sacro Monte di Varallo
Varallo, Piedmont, Italy
In 1491, a Franciscan friar who had served as rector of the Holy Land set out to bring Jerusalem to those who could not reach it....
Monte Toro Sanctuary
Es Mercadal, Es Mercadal, Menorca, Spain
At 358 meters, Monte Toro is the only real summit on an otherwise low-lying island, and its church has been Menorca's spiritual center since the late thirteenth century....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lapa
Sernancelhe, Sernancelhe, Viseu / Norte, Portugal
In the hill country of Beira Alta, a Baroque sanctuary is built directly around a natural granite grotto — the lapa — where tradition holds that a mute shepherdess...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré
Nazaré, Nazaré, Leiria / Centro, Portugal
Above the fishing town of Nazaré, a whitewashed church holds a small wooden statue of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ, venerated for centuries as Our Lady of Nazaré....
Sanctuary of Bonany
Petra, Petra, Mallorca, Spain
On a 317-metre hill above the town of Petra, the Sanctuary of Bonany has drawn Mallorcan villagers to pray to the Virgin Mary since the early 1600s....
Sanctuary of Sant Salvador
Felanitx, Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
Above the town of Felanitx, on a 509-metre summit in Mallorca's Serra de Llevant, the Sanctuary of Sant Salvador has drawn pilgrims to its Marian image since a votive...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Peneda
Arcos de Valdevez, Arcos de Valdevez, Viana do Castelo / Norte, Portugal
High in the granite bowl of the Peneda-Gerês mountains, a Marian sanctuary rises around a story of vision and healing dated to 1220....
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