Situated at the end of the esplanade which can accommodate more than 300,000 pilgrims, this Neoclassical basilica, dominated by a 65 m high tower, has circular arched peristyles connecting one section to the next. The interior contains the tombs of Francisco, who died in 1919 and Jacinta, who died in 1920. Lucia, the elder child was a nun of the Carmelite monastery in Coimbra.