The Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan and the abbey of Our lady of zapopan of Zapopan
are a 17th-century Franciscan sanctuary built in downtown Zapopan, in the state of
It is one of the most visited sanctuaries in Western Mexico, and it preserves a wooden
Virgin that is considered a valuable relic of medieval origin, which came from Spain to
New Galicia in the 16th century. The Huichol Museum is located in the building.
The abbey is made up of members of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, though it is
also used by the Capuchin, Third order, Society of Saint Francis, the Clarisse, and
Franciscan sisters. It has also worked with the Dominicans and the Franciscan Youth
(Youfra) of Roch.
The Romería of the Virgin of Zapopan is an annual pilgrimage from the Guadalajara
Cathedral to the Basilica of Zapopan. At dawn on October 12 of each year a procession
of lay Catholics, pre-Columbian dancers, mendicants, priests and seminarians carries a
statue of the Virgin Mary from the cathedral to the basilica. The figure of the virgin
goes accompanied by more than 1,000,000 people.
UNESCO inscribed Romería—pilgrimage in 2018 on the Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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