Pilgrimage Sites in Argentina

Corrientes

Founded in 1588 on the banks of the Paraná River, Corrientes preserves the Cruz de los Milagros — the founding cross that resisted burning — and a cathedral, convent, and churches that make it one of northeastern Argentina's richest Catholic heritage cities.

Itatí

Itatí is home to one of Argentina's most important Marian shrines, the Basilica of Our Lady of Itatí, whose 88-metre dome rises above the Paraná River as a beacon for the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who converge here each July.

Luján

Buenos Aires Province

Home of Argentina's patroness, Our Lady of Luján. The neo-Gothic basilica 68 km from Buenos Aires draws two million pilgrims each October.

San Nicolás

Buenos Aires Province

San Nicolás is home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary, site of approved Marian apparitions and a major Catholic pilgrimage destination in Argentina.