1531December 1531 · Tepeyac, Mexico City
Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac
Catholic tradition holds that in December 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, a Nahua convert, on the hill of Tepeyac north of Mexico City, and that her image was found printed on his cloak. The account was first published in the 1640s. The image became a unifying symbol of Mexican Catholicism, carried on rebel banners in 1810, and Juan Diego was canonised in 2002.
Sites
- Site 1: Basilica of Our Lady of GuadalupeRound 1976 basilica where moving walkways carry pilgrims beneath Juan Diego's cloak.Map ↗
- Site 2: Old Basilica (Templo Expiatorio a Cristo Rey)Baroque church finished in 1709, visibly leaning as the ground beneath it sinks.Map ↗
- Site 3: Capilla del Cerrito, Tepeyac hillHilltop chapel on Tepeyac, where tradition places the apparitions, reached by stairs.Map ↗
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