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Old Basilica Description
(Local Name: Basílica Velha) Basílica Velha

The building of the Old Basilica of Nossa Senhora Aparecida was begun in 1745 on the site of an earlier oratory dedicated to her, in what is now Praça Nossa Senhora Aparecida. The church was much extended and rebuilt over the years, and in 1909 was granted the status of a basilica minor by Pope Pius X.
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