The visits starting on Tuesday to the famous Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, can break the 2017 record when nearly 7,280,000 travelers from around the world paid it tribute. Since Monday, Mexico City is saturated with national and foreign payers and, as happens every year, authorities are taken special measures to guarantee pilgrimages and, particularly, ensure public mobility so that services do not collapse.
One of the first measures adopted by the local government is the application of the dry law for Gustavo A. Madero mayor's office in the metropolitan area where the shrine, the world's most visited place after St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, is located.
More than one week ago, Mexico City was preparing to receive parishioners who swamped the streets that lead to Tepeyac hill, a place where Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego on December 12, 1531, and since then that event is celebrated in several American, Europeann and Asian countries.
One of the first measures adopted by the local government is the application of the dry law for Gustavo A. Madero mayor's office in the metropolitan area where the shrine, the world's most visited place after St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, is located.
More than one week ago, Mexico City was preparing to receive parishioners who swamped the streets that lead to Tepeyac hill, a place where Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego on December 12, 1531, and since then that event is celebrated in several American, Europeann and Asian countries.