Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, Gothic Revival cathedral in Jardín, Colombia.

The Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción is a Neo-Gothic church of 1,680 m² built entirely of hand-carved stone from a quarry in the Serranías district. It has 128 windows and skylights, 32 capitals and arches covered in 18-carat gold, and two towers with aluminium crosses. Its interior is painted turquoise, and the vault is missing.

Father Juan Nepomuceno Barrera started the present church on 20 March 1918, buying quarries at Serranías and having residents haul the hand-cut stone by ox cart. The plans were drawn by Salesian architect Giovanni Buscaglione and modified by Ángel José Botero, who directed the work. The church opened in 1932 without its towers and part of the facade, finished in 1940, and the towers and front were added between 1942 and 1949. A 1979 earthquake damaged doors and the park opposite, prompting two emergency exits.

The church was raised to minor basilica rank by Pope John Paul II on 3 June 2003, the 24th Colombian church to receive the title. Local accounts say Father Juan Nepomuceno Barrera asked sinners to carry stones from the Serranías quarry equal in weight to their sins. The interior is painted turquoise, and the two bells are of Hamburg manufacture.

The basilica faces El Libertador park, and the 1979 earthquake led to two emergency exits being added alongside repaired doors. The interior is painted turquoise, so look up at the 128 windows and skylights for daylight. The two towers and their crosses are aluminium, not stone.

Father Juan Nepomuceno Barrera is said to have asked sinners to carry stones from the Serranías quarry weighing as much as their sins, and those stones went into the walls. The two towers and their crosses are aluminium, not stone, and the 128 windows and skylights are matched by 32 capitals and arches covered in 18-carat gold.