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Shrines to the Virgin Mary

A Virgin Mary shrine is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The most important shrines are :

• Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal
• The Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico
• The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland in Knock, Ireland
• Loreto, Italy
• The Black Madonna of Czestochowa in Czestochowa, Poland
• The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France
• The Sanctuary of the Black Virgin of Montserrat, Catalonia
• Our Lady of La Vang in La Vang, Vietnam
• Our Lady of La Salette in La Salette, France
• Our Lady of Walsingham in England

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