Shrine of Our Lady of Europe

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The Shrine of Our Lady of Europe is a historic Catholic sanctuary and former mosque at Gibraltar’s southern tip, venerated as a maritime and regional place of pilgrimage dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shrine of Our Lady of Europe canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic shrine
church building
historic site
place of pilgrimage
architecturalType chapel
sanctuary
associatedWith Catholic pilgrims
local Gibraltarian community
maritime devotion
seafarers
country United Kingdom
culturalSignificance historic Marian sanctuary of the Strait of Gibraltar
symbol of Catholic identity in Gibraltar
dedicatedTo Our Lady of Europe
Virgin Mary
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
formerUse mosque
function maritime place of pilgrimage
regional place of pilgrimage
hasFeature chapel
coastal location
sanctuary lamp
statue of Our Lady of Europe
hasStatus active place of worship
heritage maritime shrine
locatedIn Gibraltar
Iberian Peninsula
southern tip of Gibraltar
near Europa Point
overlooks Bay of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
patronage Gibraltar
Our Lady of Europe
pilgrimageType maritime pilgrimage site
regional pilgrimage site
religion Roman Catholicism
territory Gibraltar
surface form: British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
tradition Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
usedFor Marian devotions
Mass
pilgrimages
veneration of the Virgin Mary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Europa Point hasStructure Shrine of Our Lady of Europe
Europa Point hasNearbyReligiousSite Shrine of Our Lady of Europe
Europa Point Lighthouse situatedNear Shrine of Our Lady of Europe
Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque near Shrine of Our Lady of Europe