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| Sagra di Sant’Efisio | |
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Location: Cagliari/ Nora | Italy |
| When thinking of Sardinia, the first images that come to mind are probably those of the most beautiful diving areas of the Mediterranean, or the Costa Smeralda with the luxurious yachts of the billion.....
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| Romería de la Virgen de Candelaria | |
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Location: Teneriffa | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| The “Romería de la Virgen de Candelaria” on the 14th and 15th of August is the biggest feast of the Canary Islands. It is celebrated in honour of the patron Saint of the archipelago and attracts tens .....
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| Virgen del Pilar Nuestra Señora del Pilar | |
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Location: Saragossa/ Zaragoza | Spain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| In some villages and towns there are religious festivals that seem to exercise an unshakable hold over the inhabitants, and to put them into a virtually hypnotic state for the duration of the festivit.....
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| Romeria de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza | |
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Location: Andújar | Spain |
| The pilgrimage of the “Virgen de la Cabeza” is considered to be the oldest of the numerous events of this kind that are celebrated in Spain. 25 years ago it was officially designated as being “of inte.....
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| Romería El Rocío | |
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Location: Seville | Spain Event period: Ascension Day |
| The coming of spring and nicer weather sees an increase in the number of pilgrimages or “romerias” in Seville and its surroundings, and, just like the fiestas, pilgrimages are unthinkable in Andalusia.....
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| Pellegrinaggio a Loreto | |
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Location: Loreto | Italy |
| “God has patience with the earthly pilgrims! Even if they sometimes err, God will lead them ultimately onto the right path of their pilgrimage, so that they may reach the place of grace. If, that is, .....
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| Pellegrinaggio Francescano/ Festa del Perdono | |
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Location: Assisi | Italy Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| On the 1st and 2nd of August the ‘Festa del Perdono’ is celebrated, in which, since 1216, indulgence can be obtained. On this day, the “Porziuncola” is the goal of numerous pilgrimages including the n.....
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| Pilgrimage to the Virgin Mother of Tinos | |
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Location: Tinos | Greece |
| Tinos, ‘the holy island’, is the fourth biggest island of the Kyklades and shares the typical beauty of its neighbours, with its luscious, green vegetation and small villages with their famous ‘dove t.....
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| Pilgrimage to Marija Bistrica | |
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Location: Marija Bistrica | Croatia |
| About forty kilometres northwest of Zagreb lies the largest place of pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Croatia, Marija Bistrica. This place, first recorded in 1209, was officially designated .....
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| Pilgrimage to Medjugorje | |
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Location: Medjugorje | Bosnia-Herzegovina Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| A pilgrimage could be defined as the journey of a believer to a special place of faith, thus being one of the most basic and natural gestures of human beings. During a pilgrimage they break with their.....
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