Fátima, Portugal Facts for Kids

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Fátima

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Fátima

Location in Portugal

Country

Portugal

District

Santarém

Municipality

Ourém

Parishes

Area

• Total

71.29 km² (27.53 sq mi)

Population

(2001)

• Total

10,302

• Density

144/km² (370/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC0 (GMT)

Postal code

2495

Website

http://www.freguesiadefatima.pt

Fátima is a city in Portugal. It is famous for the religious visions that took place there in 1917. The town itself has a population of 10,302 (2001). It is in the municipality of Ourém, in the Centro Region and sub region of Medio Tejo. It is in the district of Santarém and included in the urban agglomeration of Leiria, in central Portugal, 187 km (116 mi) south of Porto and 123 km (76 mi) north of Lisbon.

Our Lady of Fatima

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A close-up of the Christian pilgrims during the Miracle of the Sun on 13 October 1917.
An image of the crowd during the last apparition in Cova da Iria.
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima.
Statue dedicated to the apparition of Our Lady which occurred exceptionally in Valinhos, near the Cova da Iria.
Location of Fátima on the municipality of Ourém
Typical landscape
The devotion through Our Lady of Fátima attracts millions of Christian pilgrims to Fátima, in Portugal.
The Pope Benedict XVI at the time of the delivery of the second Golden Rose to the Virgin of Fatima in May 2010.
Paul VI with Sister Lúcia, 1967.
Pope Francis in Fatima, 2017.
Panoramic view of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima (with the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Sacred Heart statue and the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary)
The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is the 5th largest Roman Catholic Church in the world.
The Way of the Cross in Valinhos.
The Calvary in Fátima, Portugal.
The Parish Church of Fátima.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ortiga.

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