Categories: Religious

Lourdes, the most visited pilgrimage shrine in the Christian world, is the site of a Marian apparition in 1858. Pilgrims visiting Lourdes for its healing qualities bathe in pools of water from Bernadette’s spring.

Santiago de Compostela is the capital city of Galicia, Spain, and one of the most important places in Catholicism because it is believed by many to be the place where St. James, one of the twelve Apostles of Christ, is reputedly buried.