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The author discusses various aspects of the development of the places of apparitions and miraculous images, motives and behavioral characteristics of pilgrims coming to the miraculous places of the Virgin Mary in Lithuania.
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The paper is important to the researchers of pilgrimage and religious tourism. For the first time, miraculous places of Lithuania are analyzed in the broader international context. Classifications of the miraculous sites indicate various aspects of the development of these places. Motives and behavioral characteristics of pilgrims enable to better understand the multidimensional reality of religious pilgrimage.
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This page is a summary of: In search of miracles: pilgrimage to the miraculous places, Tourism Review, August 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/tr-08-2013-0046.
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