Spain
Basilica of the Vera Cruz (1231): two angels brought a double-armed cross to a captive priest mid-Mass
Il 3 maggio 1231 (o 1232, secondo alcune versioni), Caravaca era ancora sotto dominio moresco.
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Kenya
Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family: opened the same year Kenya won independence
A Nairobi, in Kenya, l'origine della Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family risale a una chiesa missionaria costruita…
Hungary
Esztergom Basilica (1869): on the birthplace of Hungary’s first king, it survived the Mongols and became a mosque
Tra il 1001 e il 1010, santo Stefano I, primo re d'Ungheria e nato proprio a Esztergom, fece…
Colombia
Las Lajas Sanctuary: the neo-Gothic basilica built on a bridge, 100 metres above a Colombian canyon
Vicino a Ipiales, nel dipartimento colombiano di Nariño, il Santuario di Las Lajas sorge letteralmente su un ponte…
Austria
Mariazell: the boulder that split in two before a small statue of the Virgin, founding Austria’s greatest shrine
La devozione a Nostra Signora di Mariazell risale al 1157, quando il monaco Magnus, appartenente al monastero benedettino…
Algeria
Notre-Dame d’Afrique, Algiers: a 19th-century basilica that prays “for us and for the Muslims”
Affacciata sulla baia di Algeri, su uno sperone roccioso del quartiere di Bologhine, la basilica di Notre-Dame d'Afrique…
India
San Thome Basilica: one of only three churches in the world built over an apostle’s tomb
A Chennai, nel quartiere di Santhome, sorge la basilica di San Tommaso, costruita secondo la tradizione sopra la…
Ecuador
The Basílica del Voto Nacional: the church whose gargoyles are iguanas and Galápagos tortoises, and whose completion, legend says, would end the world
A Quito, in Ecuador, la Basilica del Voto Nazionale commemora l'atto di consacrazione dell'Ecuador al Sacro Cuore di…
India
The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health: the “Lourdes of the East,” where Hindu, Muslim and Christian pilgrims arrive together
A Velankanni, sulla costa del Golfo del Bengala nel Tamil Nadu, in India, la devozione mariana affonda le…
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