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Gruta del Padre Pio, Salto

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Religious Site Tourist Spot
Revered by local Catholics, Gruta del Padre Pio serves as a major destination for both religious and non-religious visitors to Uruguay. A sculpture created by Argentine artists in the 1980s remains the main feature of the grotto, situated within a privately owned ranch. Bring some cash to pay the entrance fee required to visit the cave and see the famous sculpture. Our Salto itinerary maker makes visiting Gruta del Padre Pio and other Salto attractions simple, and helps you make a travel plan personal to you.
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  • August 3, 2017
    The cave of Padre Pio is located within Estancia Aurora, according to information (internet) she's energized, miracles and healings are attributed to the site and to the Saint. It is not a tourist attraction, is a cult, a simple construction in the middle of a cattle ranch, has a line of poles with thank-you cards and Psalms along the path between the gate and the cave (about 150 m), you get in and get out without being harassed. If you are worth researching the religious days of festivities and pilgrimages to the site. If you are curious for ufology, find out the history of Estancia Aurora, site of several appearances, already visited by Astronaut Neil Armstrong. among other famous. Don't be alarmed if your watch freak and reschedule, the site is a magnetic Center and so that's to be expected.
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  • June 23, 2017
    It is a place very popular with devout people. I found a small grotto built in the middle of a field, fail to understand the position into a ravine, either because a site so busy on rainy days becomes an impossible to walk, Marsh as believer or not should recognize that it is a tourist attraction.
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  • June 17, 2017
    Beautiful place in dayman las.afueras. Linda grotto built father pio against aurora stay. It is worth knowing, it gives great inner peace.
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