Address: Sarkaņi, Lendžu pagasts
T: +371 64644726 (municipality), +371 25439574
Short description: Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church of Sarkaņi was built in 1860. The first wooden building was constructed at the end of 17th century. The dean Antons Latkovskis looked forward to building a new church already in 1830 in Sarkaņi. In his will he asked his relatives to complete the building and in 1897 the church was consecrated. It is a very simple quadrangular rubble building. It has a small foursquare tower on the roof above the entrance. One should see there the miraculous icon of Virgin Mary of 15th – 16th century – inherited from the former church. There is a belief that the icon of Virgin Mary has a healing power. Sarkaņi is considered the oldest sacred place in Latgale; a pilgrimage place.
GPS: 56.5624640, 27.5650360
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