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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Santa Rosa de Osos

Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Santa Rosa de Osos, Minor basilica in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia.

The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias is a Catholic minor basilica built in the modern style with pointed Gothic arches, on a Greek-cross plan covering 800 square meters and holding up to 3,400 people. Its four identical facades rise to a 26-meter interior height, and a spire above the crossing reaches 74 meters from the ground, making it the tallest building in Santa Rosa de Osos. The adjacent neo-Gothic templete, with a four-part rib vault and a metal cross, stands before the church.

The church grew from a 1919 Marian Congress statue by Álvaro Carvajal, crowned under the title Madre de las Misericordias in 1931. Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes vowed a sanctuary, and the first stone was blessed on 8 September 1950. The crypt was inaugurated in 1954, the unfinished church opened in 1962, and Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez consecrated it in 1971.

The basilica serves as the religious center of the town, drawing worshippers who come to honor Mary through prayer and devotion. It shapes the spiritual rhythm of the community throughout the year with its role in local religious observance.

The basilica stands on a Greek-cross plan of 800 square metres and holds up to 3,400 people, with an interior height of 26 metres. The crypt, consecrated in 1954, covers 1,849 square metres and seats 7,000. The main facade is noticeably off the street line because the transverse beams are aligned to the cardinal points.

The crypt, consecrated on 8 September 1954, covers 1,849 square metres and holds up to 7,000 people, far more than the 3,400 the basilica itself seats. Its construction was funded by alms and contributions from pilgrims across the diocese, which made the 1950 start of works possible.

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