The pilgrimage
Why this road exists
To see the 38-centimetre lady who stopped a cart, and the neo-gothic basilica that grew around her.
How the days are spent
The walking pilgrimage from the capital is one of the great youth roads of the Americas.
Luján
Basilica of Our Lady of Luján
A terracotta Immaculate who would not be moved from a river crossing. Argentina’s mother. You go because a nation still walks to her, and because the image is small enough to break your idea of how a patroness should look.
Luján, Buenos Aires ProvinceFeast 8 May
The signs of this place
The apparition, the Gospel sign, the body, the image — whatever this place is known for, told as a file of its own.
