<p class="title_brown">Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Eastern side of the Prayer Area</p>

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The intention of building a new church in the Shrine of Fatima goes back to 1973 and comes from de understanding that the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima no longer had the capacity to fully welcome the pilgrims. In 1997, the Shrine promoted an international contest from which resulted the selection of the project of the Greek architect Alexandros Tombazis.<br />
The Church&nbsp;of the Most Holy Trinity was dedicated, on October 12th, 2007 by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, then Secretary of State of the Vatican and legate of Benedict XVI for the closure of the 90th anniversary of the apparitions of Fatima. In 2012, the Congregation for the Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments conceded to this temple the title of basilica.<br />
The Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity is circular, with 125 meters in diameter and without interior supports; its only support comes from two beams of more than 180 meters in length, with a free span of 80 meters and a maximum height of 21 meters. The whole building has 8633 seats.<br />
From the iconography point of view, we can highlight the works from Marko Ivan Rupnik, Catherine Green, Benedetto Pietrogrande, Maria Loizidou, Pedro Calapez, Kerry Joe Kelly and Francisco Provid&ecirc;ncia. In the front side of the altar, a piece of marble from the tomb of the Apostle Peter was placed (over which the Basilica of the St. Peter was built, in the Vatican), visible sign of the communion with the Universal Church and evocative of the connection of Fatima and its message to the Holy Father.</p>
