eTwinning activity - tourist attractions in Fátima, Portugal 10CT

1. The Sanctuary - Fátima
The life of Christ Museum
Fátima
Portugal
• Índia Vieira
• Jessica Sousa
• Patrícia Castanheira
Wax Museum
Escola Secundária de Mira de Aire
Valinhos

2. Tourist attractions:
 The Sanctuary of Fátima
 Valinhos (place of the apparitions)
 The life of Christ Museum
 Wax Museum

3. The Sanctuary of Fátima
 Fatima is very famous because of religion.
 On May 13TH, 1917, there was the first apparition of
“Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Our Lady of the Rosary
or Our Lady of Fátima)”, who appeared to 3 children
who were there, Lúcia, Jacinta and Francisco. After
this, Our Lady of the Rosary appeared more than 5
times over 5 months (13th of June, 13th of July, 13th
of August, 13th of September and 13th of October).
 Because of this, Fátima has a sanctuary that is
visited by millions of people every year.

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlMxCjoCnSQ

5. The Sanctuary of Fátima
The Chapel of Apparitions

6. Valinhos (place of the apparitions)
 The 3 children lived in Aljustrel, “Os
Valinhos“, the place where Our Lady of the
Rosary appeared.
Home of Lúcia in Valinhos Via Sacra in Valinhos
( sacred road)

7. The life of Christ Museum
 The life of Christ Museum portrays the life
of Christ in illustrative figures made of wax.

8. Wax Museum
 The Wax Museum portrays the apparitions
of Fatima.

9. The Tourism:
 Tourism is good for the country because it
promotes the culture and brings profits to
the country.
 On the other hand, it is bad because there
are more people in the street, more traffic
and more pollution.
Pracetas (small souvenir shops)