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The pilgrims gather on a huge explanade in which is built a little chapel where the Virgin is believed to have appeared to the children. Around the esplanade are a considerable number of shops and stalls selling all kinds of religious articles.
On the far side of the esplanade rises the gigantic Basilica, in neo-classical style, with a central tower 65 meters high, the construction of which was begun on 13 May 1928. It is flanked by colonnades linking it with the extensive conventual and hospital buildings. In the Basilica are the tombs of two of the three seers, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who died in 1919 and 1920 respectively, and were
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