Baltic Visitor

[ 15 August, 2007; ] The basilica in Aglona is the most important place of Christian pilgrimage in Latvia. The original wooden building – founded by the Dominican Order in 1699 – burnt down in 1766, leading to the construction of the current late Baroque structure. It became a basilica in 1980, on its 200th anniversary. In 1993 Pope John […]

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