Aglona Basilica
Aglonas bazilika
Latvia's most important Catholic pilgrimage site, an 18th-century Baroque basilica with twin towers. Huge crowds gather here every August 15.
Aglona Basilica was built between 1768 and 1780. Its white, twin-towered Baroque church houses the Aglona Virgin icon, which is regarded as miraculous. In 1993, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass here, and it is the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in the Baltic region. Tens of thousands of believers gather for the Feast of the Assumption on August 15. In front of the church are a wide lawn and a holy spring. Admission is free. The basilica is about 50 km from Daugavpils, roughly a 50-minute drive, and long-distance buses also run there.
Opening hours
about 07:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Slutiški Old Believers' Village
- Daugava River Bends & Vasargelišķi Tower
- Lake Stropi
- Church Hill
- Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
- Daugavpils Shot Factory
- Daugavpils Synagogue
- Rīgas iela & Unity House