Cartago

I visited Cartago this past weekend which used to be the old capital of Costa Rica before it changed to San Jose. There's this church there called la Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Our Lady of the Angles Basilica). It was built in 1639 and was partially destroyed by an earthquake. This church is known as one of the most famous churches in all of Costa Rica because of its special "healing powers". People would make a pilgrimage to this church in hopes that it would cure their illness. To show their devotion to God, this pilgrimage was often made with people crawling on their hands and knees. When I was visiting this church there happened to be a Costa Rican wedding going on which was cool to see too. Here's some pictures below of the church and some of the Ruins of Santiago Apostle Church.