Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade - Loulé, Portugal
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This is a Marian sanctuary and it has a new and an old temple. It's located in Loule, a small town in the Southern of Portugal.
Waymark Code: WM12ZPQ
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 08/16/2020
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Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade also known as Mãe Soberana is a Marian sanctuary. It is a modern temple, with a futurist design, resembling a spacecraft.
It was build in the early 90's next to the old hermitage existent on the spot. The yearly pilgrimage became too popular - actually the most popular Catholic celebration south of Fatima - and the Church decided to built a larger temple. The design was created by the architect António Serrano Santos who changed the original blueprints, drew in the 70's by Nereus Fernandes which planned to destroy the old hermitage.
The pilgrimage takes place on the 5th of May and an immense crowd visits the sanctuary in that day.
Type of Church: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Date of building construction: 01/01/1994
Dominant Architectural Style: Modern
Diocese: Faro
Address/Location:
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
Loulé, Portugal
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Date of organization: Not listed
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
Archdiocese: Not listed
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