Catholic pilgrimage sites

Paris is the capital and largest city of France, with an estimated city population of 2.04 million in an area of , and a metropolitan population of 13.2 million as of . Located on the river Seine in the centre of the Île-de-France region, it is the largest metropolitan area and fourth-most populous city in the European Union (EU). Nicknamed the "City of Light", partly because of its role in the Age of Enlightenment, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy since the 17th century.

Rome is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with a population of 2.7 million in an area of , Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4.2 million, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium

Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy, and serves as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church. Vatican City is governed by the See of Rome, commonly known as the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity under international law, which maintains its temporal power, governance, diplomacy, and spiritual independence. Vatican is also used as a metonym for the Holy See, which is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City, comprising the pope and the Roman Curia. The independent state of Vatican City came into existence in 1929 via the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy, which spoke of it as a creation, not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756–1870), which had previously encompassed much of Central Italy.

Cologne ( ; ; ) is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.

lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia

municipality of Galicia, Spain

thumb|Location of Aachen in the Meuse (Dutch and German: Maas) river system ()

river in West Asia which flows to the Dead Sea

Assisi (, also ; ; from ; Old Italian: Ascesi) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.

largest freshwater lake in Israel

Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Silesia, and before the 1795 Partition of Poland, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Lourdes (, also , ; ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center.

Catholic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain

hill town and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche

civil parish in Ourém, Portugal place of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Ourém, Portugal that includes a Marian shrine which attracts millions of pilgrims every year

Capernaum ( ; ; ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church during the Byzantine period is held by Christian tradition to have been the home of Saint Peter. thumb|Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches)

cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England, founded in 597

Altötting (, , in contrast to "New Ötting"; , ) is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II in 1980 and one by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

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town and municipality in Murcia, Spain

Kevelaer (; Low Rhenish: Käwela) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. Over one million Marian devotees, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit the Basilica of Kevelaer every year to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary. The population in 2019 was 28,021.

Medjugorje (, ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Medjugorje, a purported series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, to six local children, which some people believe are still happening to this day.

pilgrimage site in northern Lithuania

Mariazell (; Central Bavarian: Mariazöö) is an Austrian city in the southeastern state of Styria. Well known for being a hub of winter sports and a pilgrimage destination, it is located north of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.

Antipolo, officially the City of Antipolo (), is a component city and capital of the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people. It is the most populous city in Rizal Province and in Calabarzon region, and the seventh most-populous city in the Philippines. It is also the most populated city under the component city status.

municipality of Spain

Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary

municipality of Ceará state, Brazil

town in Germany

Šaštín-Stráže (, , ) is a town in the Senica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia. Originally two separate villages, now it is one of the youngest towns in Slovakia, having received town privileges on 1 September 2001.

Tuntenhausen () is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Pontmain () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

municipality in Germany

town in Frederick County, Maryland

city in Minnesota, United States

thumb|166px|Greek Catholic pilgrimage church, St Michael Archangel in Máriapócs 300px|thumb|right|Aerial photography of the church

Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius, which is the most famous Christian pilgrimage site in the country.

city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Litmanová , until 1902: ; ; ; ) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. A small ski resort and a Catholic religious site are located in Litmanová.

town in Plungė District Municipality, Lithuania

former Benedictine abbey at Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Kájov () is a municipality and village in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

minor basilica

Cabo Fisterra in Coruña, northwest of the Iberian Peninsula

Velankanni (Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi) is a special grade town panchayat in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, 350 km south of Chennai (Madras), 12 km south of Nagapattinam, and 33 km southeast of Thiruvarur.

basilica in Mexico City

city of the Philippines in the province of Misamis Oriental

Catholic place of pilgrimage in Loreto, Italy

Aglona (, , , hist. ) is a village in the Aglona Parish of Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is located northeast of the city of Daugavpils.

municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cagayan

Manaoag, officially the Municipality of Manaoag (; ; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

a version of Mary's title "Our Lady of Peace"

Old hospital converted into a hotel. Building protected as a Site of Cultural Interest

abbey

church building in Tabgha, Israel

Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

church in Tamil Nadu, India

church in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

site of apparition in in Mayo, Ireland

Gidle is a village in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gidle. It lies approximately south of Radomsko and south of the regional capital Łódź. In 2007 the village had a population of 1,540.