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The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese Catholic shrine in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal.Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.. This sanctuary is a notable example of Christian pilgrimage site with a monumental, Baroque stairway that climbs 116 meters (381 feet).
View from the 25 de Abril Bridge. The construction of the Christ the King monument was approved in a Portuguese Episcopate conference, held in Fatima on 20 April 1940, as a plea to God to release Portugal from entering World War II and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the act of consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. [4]
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
The Angel of Portugal (Portuguese: Anjo de Portugal), also referred to as the Guardian Angel of Portugal (Anjo da Guarda de Portugal), the Holy Guardian Angel of Portugal (Santo Anjo da Guarda de Portugal), the Custodian Angel (Anjo Custódio) or the Angel of Peace (Anjo da Paz) is celebrated as the Guardian angel of Portugal. It is the only ...
In 1953, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima (Portuguese: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima) was consecrated. [ 3 ] Situated on the southeast corner of the church, a statue of Pope Pius XII (sculpted in white marble by Portuguese sculptor Domingos Soares Branco) was first revealed to the public, in a ceremony that ...
Dolmen of Coutada de Alcogulo (Santa Maria da Devessa, Castelo de Vide) Dolmen of Coutada de Barbacena (Barbacena, Elvas) Dolmen of D. Miguel (Barbacena, Elvas) Dolmen of Fonte de Mouratão (São João Baptista, Castelo de Vide) Dolmen of Herdade da Candeira (Redondo, Redondo) Dolmen of Herdade das Comendas (Nossa Senhora do Bispo, Montemor-o-Novo)
Ramón Gustavo Castillo Gaete (20 December 1977 – 1 May 2013) was a Chilean murderer and leader of a doomsday-oriented religious sect stationed in Colliguay, a rural area in the Valparaíso Region, [1] where he claimed to be the second coming of Jesus and was known as "Antares de la Luz" (from Spanish, "Antares of the Light").
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