Santuario Sites and Pilgrimages

Tortugas Pueblo
The pilgrimage with the oldest history in New Mexico takes place during a three-day celebration, called a Triduum, for the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe in the Tortugas community south of Las Cruces. A newspaper account from December 1872 mentions this event but there is abundant evidence that the people of the Mesilla Valley first honored the Dark Virgin not long after its settlement in the 1840's. The Tortugas events draw heavily on the traditions, reaching deep into Pueblo Indian culture and Mesoamerican Ciudad Juarez.

Source:
Viva Guadalupe! The Virgin in New Mexican Popular Art.
By Jacqueline Orsini Dunnington Photographs by Charles Mann
Copyright 1997
http://www.mnmpress.org

El Santuario de Santo Niño de Atocha

Tortugas Pueblo
Thousands of people make annual pilgrimages to this site. The santuario's walls are filled with hundreds of ex-votos.

• Location:
  
  • Plateros, Zacatecas, Mexico
• Near:
  
  • Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
• Getting There:
  
  • By bus from Juarez, Mexico to Fresnillo, Zacatecas.
• Trip Time:
  
  • 16/Hours
• Airplane:
• Some airlines service both Zacatecas and Aguascalientes/No direct flights.

El Santuario de Chimayó

This is one of the most visited santuarios in North America. Built between 1814-1816.

• Visiting Hours:
  
  • October-April: 9:00am-4:00pm
  • May-September: 9:00am-6:00pm
• Call for Mass times:
  
  • Telephone: 505-351-4889
  • Santa Fé Archdioces: 505-983-3811
• Location:
• 30-40 miles north of Santa Fé, NM

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