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MARIO ARGOTY
NICOLAS GUERRERO
DESCRIPTION

is a temple and basilica for the Christian worship and veneration of Our Lady
of Las Lajas the main building measures 27.50 meters high. It is located in
Ipiales, in the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia and is a pilgrimage
and tourism destination since the 18th century.
GEOGRAPHIC SITUATION

• The sanctuary is located in the Guáitara river canyon, in the village of Las
Lajas in the municipality of Ipiales, in the department of Nariño and 10 km
from the border with Ecuador.
HISTORY

• The Franciscan Fray Juan de Santa Gertrudis, in his chronicle of the trip
between 1756-1762 by the south of the Kingdom of New Granada,
published in four volumes with the title of "Wonders of nature", mentions the
sanctuary in book III, 2 Being possibly the oldest reference of its existence.