Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
The Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana is a 17th-century Marian shrine that houses the image of Our Lady of the Candles of Copacabana]. It is located in the town of Copacabana, Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Bolivian church
- Address: Copacabana
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pachat’aqa and Copacabana Airport.
Pachat’aqa
Pachataka, commonly known as the Inca Gallows, is an archaeological site in Bolivia, located near Lake Titicaca in the municipality of Copacabana, Manco Kapac Province, within the La Paz Department. Pachat’aqa is situated 550 metres south of Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana.Copacabana Airport
Aerodrome
Copacabana Airport is an extremely high elevation airport serving Copacabana, a town on Lake Titicaca in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. Town and airport are on a peninsula connected to Peru, with no land connection with Bolivia. Copacabana Airport is situated 3 km southwest of Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copacabana and Khasani.
Copacabana
Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca. The town has a large 17th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, dedicated to Our Lady of Copacabana, the patron saint of Bolivia.
Khasani
Hamlet
Khasani is a location in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Khasani is situated 7 km south of Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana.
Zampaya
Village
Zampaya is a small location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated in the Copacabana Municipality, the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province. It is the seat of the Zampaya Canton. Zampaya is situated 7 km north of Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana.
Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
- Categories: minor basilica, cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.16657° or 16° 9′ 60″ southLongitude
-69.08563° or 69° 5′ 8″ westOpen location code
57MGRWM7+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 628685969OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q4867361
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana” goes by many names.
- French: “basilique Notre-Dame de Copacabana”
- French: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Copacabana”
- German: “Basilika von Copacabana”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Bunda Maria dari Copacabana, Copacabana”
- Italian: “Basilica di Nostra Signora di Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de Nossa Senhora de Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora de Copacabana”
- Quechua: “Nuestra Señora de Copacabana basilika (Qupaqhawanapi)”
- Quechua: “Nuestra Señora de Copacabana inlisya”
- Quechua: “Nuestra Señora de Copacabana”
- Quechua: “Pallanchikpa basilikan (Qupaqhawanapi)”
- Quechua: “Pallanchikpa basilikan”
- Spanish: “Basilica de nuestra senora de copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basilica de nuestra señora de copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basílica de nuestra senora de copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Nuestra Senora de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “basílica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basílica de nuestra señora de copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Basílica Menor de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Madre de Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Virgen Morena”
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