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Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparições)

Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparições)

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Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparições)

Name: Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparições)
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Location: Fátima, Santarém, Portugal

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1. Sanctuary of Fátima loop from Lomba de Égua

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2. Anjo da Paz Monument – Olive Tree of the Apparitions loop from Moita

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3. Olive Tree of the Apparitions – Sanctuary of Fátima loop from Moita

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

November 2, 2021

The Chapel of the Apparitions is a small chapel located in Cova da Iria that was built in the 1920s to mark the exact spot where three little shepherds reported receiving the famous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal.

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SantiagoFreundeKöln

January 13, 2022

On his hikes, one repeatedly finds signs of religious popular piety along the way, and (local or national) pilgrimage routes even lead there in a targeted manner. Often there are wayside crosses and wayside shrines, stations of the cross, but also chapels dedicated to various saints or the Virgin Mary are such popular places of prayer. Some Marian chapels have a specific reference, such as a "Lourdes" or "Fatima chapel".
The latter has its origin right here, because in Portugal there is this place called Fatima. It was there in 1917, during the Second World War, that the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children several times. In the years that followed, Fatima developed into a large and important place of pilgrimage to Mary, far beyond the borders of the country. The Popes of the Roman Catholic Church (most recently John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis) have also made pastoral trips to Fatima. This sanctuary, the "Apparition Chapel", bears witness to the pilgrimage that is still active today.

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Coelho🐾🐇🇵🇹

October 21, 2024

The chapel was built in 1919 in response to a request from Our Lady of the Rosary: I want a chapel to be built here in my honour. A little bigger than a niche, the chapel was born from the volunteer work of Maria dos Santos Carreira, a woman from the people who had been coming to Cova da Iria since 13 June 1917. However, before the chapel was built, there was a wooden arch built over the holm oak of the apparitions. Maria dos Santos Carreira began by clearing the undergrowth around the holm oak and decorating it with flowers and devotional ribbons. Then, with the help of her husband, she built a wall around the holm oak and erected a wooden arch.

When this arch was destroyed in October 1917 and taken to Santarém (to be displayed there in a parody of a procession), the people were already leaving alms next to the holm oak. It was Maria dos Santos Carreira who carefully stored these alms. The first were 30 réis and a few pieces of fruit. But she soon had a cloth bag full of coins. The fate of the alms left in Fátima was so important that Father Manuel Nunes Formigão included it in the interrogation he conducted with Lúcia:

“What did Our Lady say should be done with the money that the people deposit in Cova da Iria, near the holm oak tree?” Father Formigão asked Lúcia, who, in her response, said that these were the orders the Lady gave her: “She said that part of the money would be used for the cult and festival of Our Lady of the Rosary and the rest would be used to help build a new chapel.”

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Elevation 390 m

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Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparições)

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