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Las Lajas Sanctuary
Las Lajas Sanctuary is located in Nariño, Colombia, near the city of Ipiales in South America. The Roman Catholic Basilica was built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present church was built in the Gothic Revival style between 1916 and 1949. A miraculous event is said to have occurred at this site in 1754 when a mother and her deaf daughter were caught in a storm and sought refuge between the giant Lajas. The little girl spoke and claimed the lighted silhouette she saw over the Laja was the Virgin Mary. The miraculous healing story had others visiting the sanctuary for healing, as it became a pilgrimage site. The image of the Virgin Mary on the stone is still visible today, although no one knows who made the image, which sits at the end of the church behind the altar. The name Laja comes from a flat sedimentary rock similar to shale. The first shrine built on this site was created in the mid-18th century from straw and wood. It was replaced with a new, larger shrine in 1802. The current church stands 330 feet high from the bottom of the canyon and connects to the opposite side by a 160-foot tall bridge that sits over the Guáitara River. Las Lajas received canonical coronation from the Vatican in 1952 and became a minor basilica in 1994. Many healing miracles have been reported to occur at this church throughout its existence. Las Lajas Sanctuary is open to the public.
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Santuario Nacional de la Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Las Lajas en COLOMBIA
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Sanctuary of Las Lajas, Minor Basilica, Colombia: The Sanctuary of Las Lajas is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located within the canyon of the Guáitara River, in Ipiales, Nariño Department, Colombia. The Marian shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Rosary. Wikipedia
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Conheça o Santuário de Las Lajas, Colômbia
(Discover the Sanctuary of Las Lajas, Colombia)
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Morning view of Las Lajas Sanctuary, Colombia
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