Shrine of Our Lady of Europe | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Province | Diocese of Gibraltar |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | National Shrine, Parish |
Leadership | Fr. Charles Azzopardi |
Year consecrated | 20 August 1462 |
Location | |
Location | Europa Point, Gibraltar |
Geographic coordinates | 36°06′41″N 5°20′54″W / 36.111332°N 5.348293°W |
Architecture | |
Groundbreaking | 14th century |
Website | |
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Europe is a Roman Catholic parish church and national shrine of Gibraltar located at Europa Point. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Europe, the Catholic patroness of Gibraltar.
It belongs to the European Marian Network, which links twenty Marian sanctuaries in Europe (as many as the number of decades in the Rosary).[1][2]