Mount Carmel Shrine (Quezon City)
Mount Carmel Shrine, also known as Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, , is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located in Barangay Mariana, Quezon City in the Philippines. Dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the church opened in 1964 after a decade of construction. It was declared a parish church in 1975 and a national shrine in 2015. In 2019, it was declared a minor basilica, making it the fifteenth minor basilica in the country.
The shrine in July 2023
The venerated Marian image as it is crowned in 2020.
Main façade
Aerial view of the shrine
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