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Fátima series VIPosted by Arco-Íris (Leiria, Portugal) on 6 November 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio. Located in west central Portugal, in the region of Leiria and approximately 110 kilometers north of Lisbon, the small town of Fatima is one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world today. But unlike many of Europe's great Marian pilgrimage sites, the sanctity of Fatima dates not from the Middle Ages but only from early in the 20th century. Fatima was then a small rural village in a rocky region whose main product was olive oil. There are no historical or legendary accounts of the village or surrounding area having any religious importance in earlier times. In the years 1916 and 1917 a series of apparitions were seen by three young children that were to profoundly alter both their own lives and the atmosphere of the peasant village.
Comments (30)
Steve Rice from Olympia, United StatesNice tones. i like the way people are moving around in groups on the plaza. 6 Nov 2008 5:25am Zygene from morlaix, FranceEt bien voilà, on a plus d’explication sur les photos précédentes avec celle-ci. 6 Nov 2008 5:29am Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australiayes this has a very unusual compression. I like it very much ! 6 Nov 2008 6:17am Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirateswow! such a nice BW in a great composition. 6 Nov 2008 6:29am Zing from Hamilton, New ZealandNice perspective, love how the people look so small. 6 Nov 2008 6:35am Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New ZealandWhat a stunning place!! great shot! 6 Nov 2008 6:35am João Mourão from Amadora, PortugalVazio. Já fizeste o Caminho de Santiago (o françês?) 6 Nov 2008 7:03am @João Mourão: Desculpa a minha ignorância, mas referes-te a Santiago de Compostela? Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, FranceSo here we can see the place where you take last shots and understand them. But i find this one a little bit over-exposed (especially in the building and the sky)... 6 Nov 2008 9:03am @Evelyne Dubos: Yes. :) Marta from Vila Franca de Xira, PortugalEu já disse aqui que é sitio que não vou e nem ligo, mas quanto a foto 5***** 6 Nov 2008 9:10am João André Farinha from Setúbal, PortugalExcelente composição. Talvez com um pouco de luminosidade a mais. 6 Nov 2008 9:24am @João André Farinha: ;) Ok João, vou reduzir a luz. Não sei se ficará melhor. Gonçalo from PortugalBem, sendo tu professora de biologia e religiosa ferrenha, deves ter dentro de ti um conflito entre o criacionismo e a teoria da evolução, ou não? 6 Nov 2008 10:35am @Gonçalo: Cristanismo, budismo, islamismo, etc, etc...Tantas! Lorraine from Gatineau, CanadaSomething surreal about this, very striking photo Ana Lu :0 6 Nov 2008 11:21am bluechameleon from Vancouver, CanadaWow...what a beautiful place and scene you have captured! 6 Nov 2008 1:17pm Laurie from New Jersey, United StatesThe plaza looks huge. I bet it can get pretty crowded sometimes. Nice work. 6 Nov 2008 1:24pm @Laurie: During most of the year, the shrine of Fatima is a quiet and peaceful place, visited by locals and the few hundred pilgrims arriving each day from beyond the local area. On May 13, commemorating the day of the first apparition, and on October 13, the day of the final apparition, half a million pilgrims will crowd into the great square in front of the basilica. During these times there is an atmosphere of extremely passionate religious devotion, with hundreds of pilgrims crawling toward the shrine on their knees, thousands making vows, and much praying and weeping. In addition to the basilica and its plaza, pilgrims will visit the Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha das Aparicoes), the shrine of Valinhos, where Mary appeared for the fourth time and, two kilometers distant, the house of the 'little shepherds'. Another popular day for pilgrimage activities is June 10, when thousands of young children gather for the 'Pilgrimage of the Little Children (Peregrinacao das Criancinhas). LGB from PortugalThe other side of Fatima (para quem não sabe). Mais uma boa foto! 6 Nov 2008 1:49pm Mário Silva from Lisbon, PortugalEstive em Fátima há 3 semanas e parece que estou a ver as minhas fotos:):):):. PS: Um pouco de luz a mais, não ?? 6 Nov 2008 1:53pm don from spokane, United StatesI like the composition and the nature of this expansive view of the area with all the people. Fine image. 6 Nov 2008 3:34pm pedro alexandre from loures, Portugalmuito...religiosa, espero que tenhas acendido uma velinha!!. 6 Nov 2008 7:22pm One from Açores, PortugalUma belíssima composição. Parece uma fotografia histórica. 7 Nov 2008 4:02am Gonçalo from PortugalHehe, ninguém me disse que és religiosa ferrenha, mas de tantas vezes que invocas a palavra deus e com base na frase que deus pensou em tudo quando criou o universo, desculpa, mas no meu "livro" és religiosa ferrenha (ok, ou quase). Lembra-te: há com "h" é do verbo "haver" e indica que existe quelquer coisa. Nesse caso seria sem "h" - à. 7 Nov 2008 10:05am @Gonçalo: Ok. Isso de verbo haver eu sei. Eu não sei é quando é relacionado com o tempo. Por exemplo: "Há muito tempo atrás..." Sandra Rocha from Alfândega da Fé, PortugalComo gosto das discussões saudáveis do Gonçalo sobre o tema religião :) 7 Nov 2008 11:59am @Sandra Rocha: Pois nisso eu não concordo. Já são muito poucos os que temem a Deus, os mais velhos, não a juventude. Jorge MOnteiro from PortugalOlá. 7 Nov 2008 12:36pm |
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