St. Gabriel's shrine
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The Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Italian: Santuario di San Gabriele dell'Addolorata) is located at the foot of the Gran Sasso, in the municipality of Isola del Gran Sasso, in Teramo province, Abruzzo region, Italy. The shrine receives an average of 2 million visitors a year and is thus one of the 15 most visited sanctuaries in the world.[1]
The sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows includes four main facilities:
- the monastery, which houses the headquarters of the Passionists, where St. Gabriel died in 1862;
- the old church, built in 1908 in honor of St. Gabriel;
- the new church of reinforced concrete, glass and steel, from 1970, which is usually open on holidays to accommodate the large number of pilgrims (may contain 5/6 000 people);
- the press that publishes the Eco of Saint Gabriel, the monthly magazine linked to the activity of the sanctuary.