Aparecida is the country’s foremost Marian shrine and the second-largest Catholic church in the world by interior area
Sanctuary od Our Lady Aparecida Eduard Goricev - Shutterstock
St Katherine Chapel By Marika Caruana - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
It is believed that this chapel was dedicated to a young girl named Catherine, who passed away at an early age.
The Speranza Chapel (Il-Kappella Tal-Isperanza), Mosta, Malta Yury24 - Shutterstock
The Rotunda of Mosta, officially the Sanctuary Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, is Malta’s largest and most iconic church
The Speranza Chapel (Il-Kappella Tal-Isperanza), Mosta, Malta Yury24 - Shutterstock
Legend tells of a young Maltese girl who escaped Barbary corsairs by hiding in a cave and praying to the Virgin Mary
St Paul Apostle tal Qlejja MiscMedia - Shutterstock
The chapel is especially known for the votive graffiti etched on its outer walls, including depictions of ships, crosses, handprints, and agricultural symbols
Our Lady of the Conception of Aparecida Marco Sete - Shutterstock
The foundational legend of Aparecida traces back to 1717, when three fishermen hauled a dark, clay statue of the Virgin Mary from the Paraíba River
Chapel of St Leonard Courtesy Xir Cammini
One of the best-preserved medieval troglodyte churches in Malta is located here
Dominican church built over Madonna tal-Ghar Cave Spectral-Design - Shuttertsock
According to tradition, a local hunter who took shelter in the cave experienced an apparition of the Virgin Mary.
Tal Virtu Chapel on a cloudy morning Godwing Borg - Shuttertsock
Built atop ancient Punic, Phoenician, and Roman burial grounds, it also houses a medieval Christian crypt converted from early Christian catacombs