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Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana

La Paz Department, Bolivia · built 1679

The Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana is a 17th-century Roman Catholic shrine and basilica located in the town of Copacabana, Bolivia. The Marian shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Candles of Copacabana, patroness of Bolivia. Pope Pius XII raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via the Pontifical decree Bolivianæ Ditionis Intra on 2 July 1940.

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