Pilgrimage sites Archives - Page 13 of 24

Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Aardenburg

Jan van Wijk 20 December 2023 No comments

HISTORY In Aardenburg, Zeeland-Flanders, on the border with Flanders, stands the Church of Our Lady of the Ascension, designed by 19th-century architect Petrus Soffers and built in the...

Pilgrimage sites in Austria – Mariahilfberg

Jan van Wijk 14 December 2023 No comments

HISTORY In 1661, Maria comes to the aid of a seriously ill village blacksmith and heals the man. This blacksmith is named Sebastian Schlager (+1698) and he receives a total of 8 apparitions of Maria…

Pilgrimage sites in Austria – Mariapfarr

Jan van Wijk 12 December 2023 No comments

HISTORY Mariapfarr is a municipality in the federal state of Salzburg and belongs to the district of Tamsweg. The place has existed for centuries. The name “Pharre” is mentioned in 1197 and the...

Pilgrimage sites in Austria - Pöllauberg

Jan van Wijk 4 December 2023 No comments

HISTORY Around 1300, pilgrimages to Pöllauberg began with the veneration of an image of Mary. Towards the end of the 14th century, pilgrim interest increased. In…

Pilgrimage sites in Austria – Maria Kirchental

Jan van Wijk 30 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY The late Gothic image of grace of Maria Kirchental was created around 1400 by an unknown artist. In 1670, a farmer built a small wooden chapel. In 1689, the image was in a...

Pilgrimage sites in Austria – Maria Plain

Jan van Wijk 25 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), there was conflict between Catholic and Protestant states. Swedish soldiers set fire to the market square of Regens, in the Bavarian Forest. Also a bakery…

Places of pilgrimage in Spain – El Palmar de Troya

admin 22 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY In the town and region of El Palmar de Troya, which stands for “the palm grove of Troy”, remains from Roman times can be found. The region then has…

Places of pilgrimage in Spain – Agres

admin 17 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY The pilgrimage site was realised in the 15th century. The church and monastery were built on the remains of an old castle. On 31 August 1484, the church becomes...

Places of pilgrimage in Spain – Utrera

Jan van Wijk 13 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY The town of Utrera originated over 1,000 years before Christ. A legend from the late 15th/early 16th century is recounted in 1619 by Diego Guzmán, abbot of the monastery…

Pilgrimage sites in Spain – Seville

admin 10 November 2023 No comments

HISTORY The cult of Marian devotion in the Macarena district of Seville dates back to the 16th century. The basilica, “Basílica de la Macarena”, was built in 1949 and has a Neo-Baroque...