Sanctuary of Fátima
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Coordinates: 39°37′32″N 08°39′57″W. Fátima ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ] ⓘ) is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Central Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km 2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). [1] .
Fátima, village and sanctuary, central Portugal. It is located on the tableland of Cova da Iria, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Leiria. Fátima was named for a 12th-century Moorish princess, and since 1917 it has been one of the greatest Marian shrines in the world, visited by thousands of pilgrims.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Fátima is a world famous Catholic pilgrimage city and civil parish in the municipality of Ourém in Portugal's Beira Litoral region. Mapcarta, the open map.
Visit of Fatima in Portugal. Fatima is a small town, a world-renowned Christian centre, located 120 km north of Lisbon. Once upon a time, Fatima was a rugged desert region with a few trees, where shepherds and farmers met from time to time, cultivating small plots of land behind low stone walls. Fatima became world-famous and became one of the ...
Below is an interactive map detailing the main sights of Fatima Sights of Fatima: 1) Capelinha das Aparições 2) Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário 3) Basílica da Santíssima Trindade 4) Casa da Lúcia 5) Casa de Jacinta e Francisco Marto 6) Museu de Cera de Fátima 7) Museu Interativo 8) Grutas da Moeda
- Philip Giddings
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Fátima, a journey to the altar of the world. The Shrine at Fátima is one of the most important landmarks in the Marian worship, drawing pilgrims from all over the world. The location of the Shrine of Fátima, at Cova da Iria, had until 1917 been an unknown place in the municipality of Ourém, in the parish of Fátima.
Once a tiny village hidden between Lisbon and Porto, Fátima is now the most significant Catholic pilgrimage centre in Portugal that is gathering thousands of visitors from all over the world every year. Here is everything you need to know about this sacred place if you plan to visit. Visiting Fátima in Portugal A brief history
