Houses of the Three Fatima Children and House Museum (Aljustrel, Portugal)
Lucia’s House
The house
where Lucia de Jesus, the youngest of seven children, was born and lived is
located in Aljustrel, about 2 kilometers away from the Shrine of Fatima. The
first interrogations of the seers took place in this house. In the backyard,
one can still see the fig trees under the shade of which the three little
shepherds played and where they hid when sought by pilgrims or curious.
In 1981, Sister Lucia donated
the house to the Shrine; it only took possession of it in 1986. The area
surrounding the house was arranged and was built a new information office,
inaugurated on August 13, 1994.
Lucia's House
Stone Bench
Wash Basin
Courtyard Outside House
Lucia's Parents' Bedroom
(where Lucia was born)
Lucia's Bedroom (shared with sisters)
Lucia's Bedroom
House Museum of Aljustrel
The House Museum of Aljustrel is located next
to Lucia’s birth house, in that small village called Aljustrel, about 2
kilometers away from the Shrine of Fatima. This first permanent Museological
Centre of the Shrine was inaugurated on August 19, 1992, and is located in the
house once owned by Maria Rosa, baptism godmother of Lucia. It is divided in
four sections which allow us to understand the daily life back to the period of
time of the apparitions. This conception was produced by Joaquim Roque
Abrantes, Manuel Serafim Pinto and Maria Palmira Carvalho, who have taken as a
starting point to accomplish such a task the entire inventory gathered years
before by Francisco Pereira de Oliveira.
Jacinta and Francisco’s House
It was in this house, located at 2 kilometers
away from the Shrine of Fatima, in the village of Aljustrel, that Blessed
Francisco and Jacinta were born, the two youngest children of the family Marto. It was here that Our Lady appeared four times, three times to Jacinta and once to Jacinta and Francisco.
This house is 200 meters away from Lucia’s. It was acquired by the Shrine in November 1996, and later rebuilt.
Francisco and Jacinta's House
Francisco's Bedroom
(where he died on April 4, 1919)
Jacinta's Bedroom
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