Las Lajas Sanctuary
Ipiales, Colombia
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Sanctuary of Las Lajas is a Catholic minor basilica in the canyon of the Guáitara River near Ipiales, Nariño Department, Colombia. Built in neo-Gothic style between 1916 and 1949 to a design by Lucindo Maria Espinosa Medina, it encloses a Marian image on a rock wall that believers regard as of divine origin. It is a National Monument of Colombia and a pilgrimage site for believers from Colombia and Ecuador.
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- Built
- Type
- church building
- Heritage
- National Monuments of Colombia
- Place
- Ipiales, Colombia
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