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The Virgin Mary shrines

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

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