BASILICA OF THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE

BASILICA OF THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE

Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe is the main temple of the country, located on the northern outskirts of the capital of Mexico. The Virgin of Guadeloupe is the most revered image in the country.
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According to legend, in 1531, on Mount Tepeyac, an Indian named Juan Diego had an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The priests refused to believe his story since at that time the Europeans believed that the Indians lacked a soul. The next day, the Mother of God appeared again to Diego and ordered him to pick a bouquet of roses. The Indian was very surprised since the season of flowering roses had not yet arrived, however, having gone to carry out the instructions, he found a blooming rose bush. Having picked roses, he hid the bouquet under his clothes and went to the priest. When he unbuttoned his cloak in front of the priest, instead of flowers, the image of the Mother of God shone on it. The bishop immediately decided to build a temple on this place, and when it was built, the image, framed in gold, was hung in a place of honor. Since then, both deeply religious people and simply out of curiosity have come to see the wonderful image.

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The Holy Virgin of Guadalupe in a blue cape is the Patroness of Mexico.

The flow of pilgrims was so great that the church could not accommodate everyone. In 1976, the original building of the new Basilica was built, designed by Pedro Ramirez Vazquez. A wonderful cape hangs under the bulletproof glass above the altar. Electric escalators moving in two directions carry people some distance under a cape. To the right of the modern basilica is the building of the Old Basilica, which, in fact, was the second basilica built to store the cloak in it, the very first one is located higher on a hill. Unfortunately, the Old Basilica is closed to visitors, as at the moment it began to bend over. To the rear of this building is the entrance to the Basilica Museum with a wonderful exhibition of religious art in restored rooms. One of the side limits with a silver throne, located next to the museum. Outside the museum, there is also a museum that commemorates the moment when Juan Diego showed the cape to the bishop.

At the top of the hill, behind the basilica building, is the Pantheon del Tepeyac, a cemetery for the simplest people of Mexico City (including the Mexican President Santa Anna) and several gift shops specializing in religious items and folk art. The stairs leading up to the hill are surrounded by flowers, shrubs, and waterfalls, and there is a magnificent view from the top. Surprising is the fact that over the past centuries the image has not faded or decayed. In 2001, a digital image survey was carried out, during which amazing things were discovered.
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In the eyes of the image of the Mother of God, the images of 13 people were allegedly imprinted, all those who became the first witnesses of the miracle. Even earlier, chemists discovered that the image was not applied to the fabric using known natural or chemical dyes. It appeared in an instant without any brush strokes or fixes. The image of the Virgin and the material of the cloak (tilma) on which she is depicted were subjected to at least three independent examinations of the fabric in the period from 1947 to 1982, as a result of which scientists did not come to a consensus regarding the nature of the image on the fabric. At the same time, the conclusions of the experts are rather contradictory.

  • Armaan Jain