Fatima, Portugal

Fátima is a small town in central Portugal and one of the world’s most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.

  • Famous for: the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in 1917.
  • Sanctuary of Fátima: the main attraction and a huge pilgrimage complex.
  • Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary: dominates the enormous square.
  • Chapel of the Apparitions: built at the location where the apparitions were reported.
  • Basilica of the Holy Trinity: a large modern church completed in 2007.
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