Affiliation Roman Catholic Province Lima Completed 1771 Phone +51 1 4235718 | District Lima Ecclesiastical or organizational status Sanctuary Opened 1771 | |
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Location Lima District, Lima, Peru Address Jirón Huancavelica 515, Distrito de Lima 15001, Peru Similar Cathedral Basilica of St John t, Museum of the Nation, Historic Centre of Lima, Plaza Mayor - Lima, Torre Tagle Palace | ||
Lima thousands of catholics in procession to honour lord of miracles
The Sanctuary of Las Nazarenas is a church in Lima and is the site of the Peruvian Catholic procession of the Lord of Miracles, Señor de los Milagros, who is also the patron of the city. It was constructed together with the Monastery of Nazarenas in 1771, after a major earthquake in 1746.
From this church begins America's most important religious procession on October 18 and 28.
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