Talking about cathedrals

The visit to St. -Baafskathedraal reminds me to a basilica in Bilbao: "Basilica de Begoña". Even if the building is quite different, when I entered it I though they have something similar.

That´s why I started thinking about the "Basilica de Begoña". It is in my city and near my house but I have never looked for information about it before. I think that sometimes we look for interesting facts about buildings in the countries we visit, and we forgot about the ones we have near us.  So that´s the reason whyy today I would like to know more about this basilica, and also to show you some interesting facts about it. 

The Basilica of Begoña is a basilica in Bilbao, in Spain, dedicated to the patron saint of Biscay, the Virgin Begoña. It is a really important basilica for the city of Bilbao and due to that fact we celebrate some special acts in there. 

• The 13th of August every believer should go to the cathedral walking from where they live. A lot of people walk for hours till they get there. Some of them because they have made a promise to God, some others because they want to ask something in exchange ... we can find several reasons. A lot of people from Bilbao and it´s outskirts ususally made the walk to the basilica

• Due to some important football matches, the priest of the basilica gives mass to the players of the local team. Everyone can attend this mass, as long as it is any place lefts. It is also a special occasion for the people in the city, as our team is really loved in there and the team follows this tradition for years. It is a team composed just by local players, so that´s way it is at some point a conventional team by following these traditions.