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The shrine is located in southern Colombia and has been a tourism and pilgrimage destination since the eighteenth century. The Spanish Franciscan Juan de Santa Gertrudis (1724–1799) mentions the sanctuary in Book III, Part 2, of his four-volume chronicle of his 1756–62 journey in the south portion of the Kingdom of New Granada (titled "Wonders of Nature").
English: Las Lajas Sanctuary is a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia.The place is a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754.
Bridge over the Guáitara at Las Lajas Sanctuary, Ipiales Sculpture of the creation of man in the central nave of the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá . Christianity ( Catholicism ) was the official religion of the country from the Spanish colonization until the 1991 constitutional reform ( National Constituent Assembly ), which granted egalitarian ...
During the Holy Week many travel to the Caribbean Region of Colombia or visit popular landmarks like Las Lajas Cathedral, Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, Monserrate and Guadalupe Hill the towns of Santa Cruz de Mompox, villa de Leyva, Guamal or Popayán where Roman Catholic traditions and rituals are performed, among others.
View history; General What links here; ... Santa Marta Cathedral, Santa Marta, Magdalena, 1760–1766. ... Church of Las Lajas.
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen to visitors beginning Dec. 8.
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