Sanctuary of Fátima
The Sanctuary of Fátima, or Shrine of Fátima, also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, is a group of Catholic Church religious buildings and structures located in Cova da Iria, in the civil parish and city of Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém, in Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Religious organization
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: marian shrine located in Cova da Iria, Portugal
- Also known as: “Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima” and “Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima”
- Address: Fátima, 2496-908
- Wheelchair access: yes
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Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of the Holy Trinity and Chapel of the Apparitions.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
Church
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The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is a Catholic church and minor basilica in the Sanctuary of Fátima in Cova da Iria, in the civil parish of Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém in Portugal. Basilica of the Holy Trinity is situated 130 metres southwest of Sanctuary of Fátima.
Chapel of the Apparitions
Church
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The Chapel of the Apparitions is a small chapel located in Cova da Iria that was first constructed in 1919, and again in the early 1920s, to mark the exact location where three little shepherd children reported having received the famous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal. Chapel of the Apparitions is situated 220 metres northeast of Sanctuary of Fátima.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aljustrel and São Mamede.
Aljustrel
Hamlet
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Aljustrel is a hamlet on the outskirts of Fátima, Portugal, in the municipality of Ourém. It was the birthplace of Lúcia dos Santos, and Francisco and Jacinta Marto, known worldwide as the "three little shepherds of Fátima" or the "three child seers", and the setting for some of the events during the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima.
São Mamede
Town
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São Mamede is a civil parish in the municipality of Batalha, part of the Central Region and the Região de Leiria intermunicipal community of Portugal. It had a population of 3,560 in 2011 in an area of 46 km2. São Mamede is situated 3½ km west of Sanctuary of Fátima.
Atouguia
Village
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Atouguia is a civil parish in the municipality of Ourém, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,454, in an area of 19.55 km². Atouguia is situated 5 km east of Sanctuary of Fátima.
Sanctuary of Fátima
- Categories: shrine to the Virgin Mary, cultural heritage, international shrine, and religion
- Location: Fátima, Ourém, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.63005° or 39° 37′ 48″ northLongitude
-8.67478° or 8° 40′ 29″ westInception
October 7th, 1953Open location code
8CFHJ8JG+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 77344557OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2627029
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Sanctuary of Fátima” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fatimako santutegia”
- Catalan: “Santuari de Fàtima”
- Chinese: “法蒂玛圣母朝圣地”
- Chinese: “法蒂瑪聖母朝聖地”
- Chinese: “花地瑪聖母朝聖地”
- Croatian: “Marijansko svetište u Fátimi”
- Dutch: “heiligdom van OLV van Fátima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مزار فاطيما”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Fátima”
- French: “Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Fatima”
- French: “sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Fátima”
- French: “sanctuaire marial de Fátima”
- French: “Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-de-Fátima”
- Galician: “Santuario de Fátima”
- German: “Heiligtum Unserer Lieben Frau des Rosenkranzes von Fatima”
- German: “Heiligtum Unserer Lieben Frau des Rosenkranzes von Fátima”
- German: “Heiligtum von Fatima”
- German: “Heiligtum von Fátima”
- Indonesian: “Tempat Ziarah Bunda dari Fátima”
- Italian: “santuario di Fátima”
- Italian: “Santuario di Fátima”
- Japanese: “ファティマの聖母の聖地”
- Japanese: “聖母ファティマ聖堂”
- Polish: “Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Fatimskiej”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de Fátima”
- Portuguese: “Santuário de Fátima”
- Portuguese: “Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima”
- Portuguese: “Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima”
- Romanian: “sanctuarul din Fátima”
- Slovenian: “Svetišče Gospe iz Fátime”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Fátima”
- Spanish: “Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fátima”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Thánh Đức Mẹ Fátima”
- Vietnamese: “Đền Thánh Fátima”
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