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Candelaria, also Villa Mariana de Candelaria, is a municipality and city in the eastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The city is located on the coast, 17 km southwest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The population is 25,140 (2010 [2]), and the area is 49.18 km².
Virgin of Candelaria (patroness of the Canary Islands). The Old Road of Candelaria (also Camino Viejo de Candelaria, Camino de Candelaria, Camino Real de Candelaria and Camino de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria) is an old pilgrimage route, declared in part of its route an Bien de Interés Cultural, with the category of Historical Site, since 2008.
She is widely venerated in South America and the Caribbean, where she is the patroness of Oruro and La Paz (Bolivia), Medellín (Colombia) (which was founded as Villa de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Medellín), Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (which was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez), and Manatí (Puerto Rico) (which ...
The pilgrimage to Candelaria (popularly called the Candelaria Walk) is a religious march that takes place every year on the night of August 14 to 15 in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) towards the municipality of Candelaria where the image is located. of the Patroness of the Canary Islands, the Virgin of Candelaria. [3]
The Basilica of the Royal Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria [1] (Spanish: Basílica y Real Santuario Mariano de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria or simply Basílica de la Candelaria) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica, the first Marian shrine of the Canary Islands, [2] located in the municipality and city of Candelaria on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
The town stands in the Chihuahuan Desert on the north bank of the Rio Grande, just across from the small Mexican town of San Antonio Del Bravo. [2] The two towns were linked by a bridge across the river that enabled the inhabitants of San Antonio to buy groceries and supplies from Candelaria; some sent their children to school there.
Cueva de Achbinico, also called cave of San Blas (Spanish: cueva de Achbinico) is a Roman Catholic church and cave located in Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands . After the conquest of the Canary Islands it was the first Christian sanctuary of religious significance. [ 1 ]
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de La Popa [57] 6 July 1986: Cartagena de Indias: Pope John Paul II: Nuestra Señora del Amparo [58] 21 March 1987: Chinavita: Pope John Paul II: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción [59] 15 August 1988 Marinilla: Pope John Paul II Nuestra Señora de la Playa [60] 6 June 2001 San Pablo, Nariño: Pope John Paul II [au ...