Medjugorje

Medjugorje is one of the most famous Catholic shrines in the world, located near the town of Citluk, in the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Counts about 4300 inhabitants, and became famous for the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which first started in 1981. year. Since then this place, to Sarajevo, a popular tourist center, which annually attracting millions of Catholics around the world. In contrast to the Marian shrine in Lourdes, France, which has six million tourists a true believer became a commercial haven for local caterers, Međugorje still retains its original charm, where pilgrims find peace in faith. Center of the Shrine of the Queen of Peace, to be officially called a shrine of Medjugorje, the Holy Church. James in the center.