Aparecida Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Brazilian city and municipality in the state of São Paulo
About Aparecida
In 1717, fishers fromGuaratinguetáfound a broken terracotta statue of the Virgin Mary at the Paraíba river (likely sculpted in the 17th century). Many local miracles have been attributed to the statue, which in 1734, has been placed in a chapel. The chapel became too small for the amount of visitors that it received, and the construction of a larger church started in 1834. The village around the chapel was given the nameAparecida(female form of "appeared") and became a district of Guaratinguetá in 1842. The statue was given the nameNossa Senhora de Aparecida(Our Lady of Aparecida) and the larger church that received the statue, nowadays calledBasílica Velha, was finished in 1888. Aparecida became a municipality in 1928, and one year later, the pope Pio XI declared Our Lady of Aparecida as
Top Attractions in Aparecida
Explore the best things to see and do in Aparecida:
- ★Basílica de Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- ★Basílica Velha de Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- ★Igreja do Senhor do Bonfim
- ★Nossa Senhora de Aparecida
- ★Passarela da Fé
- ★Porto Itaguaçu
- ★Seminário Bom Jesus
Where to Stay in Aparecida
- 🏨Hotel Santo Graal
Aparecida Travel Guide Sections
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