What is one of the largest Catholic pilgrimages in the world?

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe This site holds the honor of being the most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world, attracting millions of pilgrims every single year. The basilica is built near Tepeyac Hill, upon which the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Juan Diego in the year 1531.



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The several churches and basilicas in Lourdes - associated with Marian apparitions receive over 5 million pilgrims a year, making Lourdes the second most visited Christian pilgrimage site in Europe after Rome. Basilica of St. Thérèse (Lisieux) - in Normandy.

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The Centre of Christianity since the foundation of Saint Peter's Basilica by Constantine (4th century), and at a later stage the permanent seat of the Popes, the Vatican is at once the pre-eminently holy city for Catholics, an important archaeological site of the Roman world and one of the major cultural reference ...

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Arguably the most famous pilgrimage site in the world, Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and where he received the first revelation of the Qur'an. It is a central pillar of Islam that every able-bodied Muslim should carry out a Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.

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Golgotha, the site of Jesus' crucifixion and the Tomb of Jesus are traditionally located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Garden Tomb is an alternative site considered by Protestant Christians to be site of Golgotha.

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