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The Novareia sanctuary (Italian santuario della Novareia) is devoted to Our Lady of Graces. It is set in the commune of Portula at 750 m height.
The sanctuary was built where in 1650 the Virgin Mary appeared to an old lady, Antonina Cravetta, and asked to build a church. Following this apparition a wooden chapel was built.
The actual building was erected after the apparition to Giacomo di Michel in 1712. The church was begun in the 17th century and completed during the 19th century. The simple and elegant façade has a large portico, used as a resting space for pilgrims. In front of the entrance, a statue of the Virgin Mary has been placed.
The sanctuary is one of the devotional places connected by the two paths CoEur and Path of Saint Charles.
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary, mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a title of the Virgin Mary. She is venerated under this title by the Roman Catholic church due to her apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France. The first apparition of 11 February 1858, of which Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a "Lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions of the "Lady" were reported on 18 occasions that year, until the climax revelation in which she introduced herself as: "I am the Immaculate Conception". On 18 January 1862, the local Bishop of Tarbes Bertrand-Sévère Laurence endorsed the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Las Lajas is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located in the municipality of Ipiales, in the Nariño Department, and is built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River, Colombia.
Saint-Étienne-le-Laus is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Catholic Marian churches are religious buildings dedicated to the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These churches were built throughout the history of the Catholic Church, and today they can be found on every continent including Antarctica. The history of Marian church architecture tells the unfolding story of the development of Catholic Mariology.
The Sanctuary of Fátima, officially titled Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima, is a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima located in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém, in Portugal. It consists of a group of Catholic religious buildings and structures with the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary as the main building.
The Banchette sanctuary devoted to the Virgin Mary situated in the Banchette hamlet, in the comune of Bioglio, near the village of Pettinengo.
Santuario della Brugarola is a sanctuary in Ailoche, Province of Biella in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was built in 1722 and dedicated to the Madonna d'Oropa.
The Sanctuary of Oropa is a group of Roman Catholic buildings and structures in Oropa, frazione of the municipality of Biella, Italy. It is located at a height of 1,159 metres in a small valley of the Alpi Biellesi.
The Sacro Monte di Graglia is one of the numerous devotional places around the Italian Alps and it houses the Santuario di Nostra Signora di Loreto, one of the four major sanctuaries of the Biellese territory. Set in the Valle Elvo at 690 m on the sea level, the sanctuary is built near the Lauretana water industry.
The Sacro Monte del Santuario di San Giovanni Battista d'Andorno is the Sacro Monte built around a sanctuary in the Cervo Valley above the village of Campiglia Cervo, at an altitude of 1020 meters. It is the only sanctuary devoted to Saint John in Italy and probably in Europe.
The Mazzucco Sanctuary is a sanctuary devoted to Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and Bernard of Menthon.
The Nostra Signora della Brughiera is a sanctuary devoted to the Virgin Mary in the town of Trivero in northern Italy.
The Cavallero sanctuary devoted to Saint Mary of the Snow. It is set at 543 m height near the Sessera river in the municipality of Coggiola.
The Moglietti sanctuary is a sanctuary devoted to Our Lady of Graces in the comune of Coggiola.
The Santuario della Madonna del Sangue is a sanctuary in the comune (municipality) of Re, Italy. It is devoted to the Virgin Mary and it was built where in 1494 a miracle occurred: a small fresco of the Nursing Madonna was hit by a stone and started bleeding.
The Madonna del Sasso sanctuary is on a spur over the Lake Orta at 638 m height, in the Madonna del Sasso municipality. From the square in front of the church, called "the Cusio's balcony", there is a great view on the lake, the Mottarone, the Alps and the Novara area.
