[Latvia] The Basilica of Our Lady of Aglona

Located in the rolling hills of southeastern Latvia, 40 kilometers northeast of the city of Daugavpils, the small agricultural town of Aglona is home to the country's most important site of Christian pilgrimage. Similar to so many other Catholic shrines in Europe, the Basilica of Our Lady of Aglona is situated at a place of known pagan sanctity, in this case a natural spring with healing powers. Christianity came late to the region and the Dominicans built the original