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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade - LouléThe largest Marian sanctuary in the Algarve.According to the Visits of the Military Order of Santiago of 1565, the Hermitage of Our Lady of Mercy of Loulé was built in 1553. The spot chosen was immediately next to the urban centre, on top of a hill, (...)
Telephone: +351 919 105 910
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da SaúdeSanctuary of Nossa Senhora da SaúdeAt the end of the second world war, the Catholic Action movement made an effort to increase Christian worship amongst workers and farmers. A priest, had a strong affinity with Póvoa, organized a pilgrimage from (...)
Telephone: +351 252 682 148
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora das PazesSanctuary of Nossa Senhora das PazesThis hermitage was built in order to symbolize the unity between the people of Ficalho and the neighbouring Spanish settlement of Rosal de la Frontera. The site is of little architectural interest. The only items (...)
Telephone: 28458108
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da Urtiga ou OrtigaSanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Urtiga or OrtigaAccording to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared to a mute shepherd who requested a lamb. A statue was later discovered in the site, in the midst of undergrowth and nettles, and a chapel was constructed. (...)
Telephone: +351 249 531 257
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de AiresOur Lady of Pity, succouring the believers.In this sanctuary the Ançã-stone image of the old patroness, Our Lady of Pity, is worshipped. This image, in which Our Lady is seated with Jesus dead in her arms, is an object of great faith, for (...)
Telephone: +351 266 953 133
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de BalsamãoSanctuary of Nossa Senhora de BalsamãoAncient sanctuary, which was originally a Convent founded in the first half of the eighteenth century by Friar Casimiro Wiszynski from Poland. The Convent was abandoned at the time of the extinction of the (...)
Telephone: +351 278 421 854
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de BrotasSanctuary of Nossa Senhora de BrotasLocated on a hill in the municipality of Mora, the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora de Brotas was an important religious complex in the 16th century. At that time it was surrounded by houses, designed for pilgrims. (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de FátimaOne of the largest Marian centres in the world.This Marian centre of pilgrimage evokes the apparitions of Our Lady to the three little shepherds Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, which took place in 1917 and were recognized in 1930. The spot was a rural (...)
Telephone: +351 249 539 600
E-mail: info@fatima.pt
Website: http://www.fatima.pt
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de MércolesSanctuary of Nossa Senhora de Mércoles This sanctuary is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, its secondary patron saints are Santa Eufemia and Santa Luzia. In the document in which the Herdade de Acafa was donated to the Templars, located next to the hill (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora de VagosSanctuary of Nossa Senhora de VagosThis church was built in the founding years of Portugal as a nation. Pilgrims travelled to this Carmelite sanctuary on a daily basis from neighbouring municipalities. The church was modified in the nineteenth (...)
Telephone: +351 234 792 406
Fax: +351 234 791 156
