Sanctuary of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

The Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata) is a Catholic religious sanctuary located at the foot of the Gran Sasso, in the municipality of Isola del Gran Sasso, Teramo province, in the region of Abruzzo in Italy. The sanctuary is dedicated to Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. It receives an average of 2 million visitors a year, making it one of the 15 most visited sanctuaries in the world. The sanctuary includes four main facilities: the monastery, belonging to the order of the Passionists, where St. Gabriel died in 1862; the old church, built in 1908 in honor of St. Gabriel; the new 1970 church of reinforced concrete, glass and steel, which is usually open on holidays to accommodate the large number of visiting pilgrims (with a capacity of 5 to 6 000 people); the publishing house of the magazine Eco di San Gabriele, covering the sanctuary's activities

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