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https://ift.tt/2UZXaxf https://ift.tt/303Gcmx Santuario de Las Lajas, Ipiales, Colombia, 2015-07-21, DD 01.JPG September 18, 2019 Far view of Las Lajas Sanctuary and its surroundings, a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The place is a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754. The first shrine was built by 1750 and was replaced by a bigger one in 1802 including a bridge over the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present temple, of Gothic Revival style, was built between 1916 and 1949.