It is located in Serra de Aire, parish seat, subdivision of the municipality of Ourém, in the province of Beira Litoral, Centro region and Médio Tejo sub-region, central Portugal
It is worth spending at least 2 days visiting Fátima, where you can discover one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the Christian religion. Here, you can learn more about the children who, in 1917, saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Fátima), visit their homes and discover the village where they lived.
The City of Fátima is a city in the municipality of Ourém, in the Central Region and inter-municipal community of the Middle Tagus of Portugal with an area of 71.29 km2 and 11,788 inhabitants (2011), its population density is 162.7 inhabitants / km 2.
Its worldwide fame is due to the account of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported by three shepherd children from May 13th to October 13th, 1917.
At an ecclesiastical level, the city of Fátima is simultaneously the seat of the diocese with the city of Leiria. The name of the then renamed Diocese of Leiria-Fátima was given by Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1984.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, located in Cova da Iria, has become one of the most important international destinations for religious tourism, receiving around six million people per year.
The history of the city of Fátima is associated with the phenomenon of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which around the year 1758, Our Lady appeared to a mute shepherdess in the place where the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga stands today.
In the 20th century, three other children known as "The Three Shepherds" with the names Lúcia dos Santos and their cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto on May 13, 1917 in the place of Cova da Iria witnessed the first of several apparitions of a beautiful Lady dressed in white.
The Sanctuary of Fátima is a place of Christian pilgrimage and Catholic devotion, preserving the memory of the events that led to its foundation, namely the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children: Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco and Jacinta Marto in 1917.
The Sanctuary of Fátima is made up of the Chapel of Apparitions, the Prayer Room (exterior), the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and its Colonnade, the vast Basilica of the Holy Trinity, the retreat houses of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Sorrows, a Way of the Cross in Valinhos and the Paul VI Pastoral Center.
Cultural spaces in Fátima: Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima, Interactive Museum - The Miracle of Fátima, Wax Museum of Fátima, Casa de Francisco and Jacinta, Casa da Irmã Lúcia, Loca do Cabeço, Calvário Húngaro (Valinhos), Grutas de Mira de Aire, Grutas da Moeda, Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park and Aljustrel House-Museum.
Locals have numerous shops dedicated to selling religious items and souvenirs, sweet shops, several hotels, cafes and restaurants.
The City of Fátima is a city in the municipality of Ourém, in the Central Region and inter-municipal community of the Middle Tagus of Portugal with an area of 71.29 km2 and 11,788 inhabitants (2011), its population density is 162.7 inhabitants / km 2.
Its worldwide fame is due to the account of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported by three shepherd children from May 13th to October 13th, 1917.
At an ecclesiastical level, the city of Fátima is simultaneously the seat of the diocese with the city of Leiria. The name of the then renamed Diocese of Leiria-Fátima was given by Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1984.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, located in Cova da Iria, has become one of the most important international destinations for religious tourism, receiving around six million people per year.
The history of the city of Fátima is associated with the phenomenon of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which around the year 1758, Our Lady appeared to a mute shepherdess in the place where the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga stands today.
In the 20th century, three other children known as "The Three Shepherds" with the names Lúcia dos Santos and their cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto on May 13, 1917 in the place of Cova da Iria witnessed the first of several apparitions of a beautiful Lady dressed in white.
The Sanctuary of Fátima is a place of Christian pilgrimage and Catholic devotion, preserving the memory of the events that led to its foundation, namely the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children: Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco and Jacinta Marto in 1917.
The Sanctuary of Fátima is made up of the Chapel of Apparitions, the Prayer Room (exterior), the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and its Colonnade, the vast Basilica of the Holy Trinity, the retreat houses of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Sorrows, a Way of the Cross in Valinhos and the Paul VI Pastoral Center.
Cultural spaces in Fátima: Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima, Interactive Museum - The Miracle of Fátima, Wax Museum of Fátima, Casa de Francisco and Jacinta, Casa da Irmã Lúcia, Loca do Cabeço, Calvário Húngaro (Valinhos), Grutas de Mira de Aire, Grutas da Moeda, Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park and Aljustrel House-Museum.
Locals have numerous shops dedicated to selling religious items and souvenirs, sweet shops, several hotels, cafes and restaurants.
