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Capilla de Indios (Indian Chapel) Old Capilla de Indios. It is a church built in 1649 by Luis Lasso de la Vega. According to tradition, it housed the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from 1695 to 1709 —the year in which it was transferred to the church known as the Old Basilica— and the standard of Miguel Hidalgo from 1853 to 1896.
Old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mex. Basilica of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church that is the chief religious centre of Mexico, located in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, a northern neighbourhood of Mexico City. The church was erected near the spot where two apparitions of the Virgin are said to have appeared to ...
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico is a Catholic church, basilica, and National shrine of Mexico which houses the cloak containing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In 1709 shrine was built in the North of Mexico City near the hill of Tepeyac, where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.
Sep 10, 2021 · Phone +52 55 5577 6022. Web Visit website. The Basilica of Guadalupe is a Catholic shrine on Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City that is devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe (the Blessed Virgin Mary and the patroness of Mexico). This important pilgrimage destination is one of the most visited churches in the world and a must-see site on any trip to Mexico ...
Dec 24, 2019 · The building of the basilica. In 1660 the first chapel-shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe was built on the higher reaches of the Tepeyac hill. This small chapel, which can still be visited today, is known as the Capilla del Cerrito, and marked the miracle until the first basilica was built in the Virgin’s honor in 1695.
Dec 24, 2019 · Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. As the story goes, the Virgin Mary appeared to an indigenous man named Juan Diego in 1531 on the ...
History of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is an aspect of the Virgin Mary who appeared to St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an Aztec convert to Roman Catholicism, in 1531. According to the traditional account, Juan Diego was walking between his village and Mexico City on December 12, 1531 when Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
