<P> A nearby chapel was built on the sacred site devoted to a temple for Tonantzin Coatlaxopeuh, an important mother goddess, after the Spanish conquerors destroyed the temple . </P> <P> Pilgrimages have been made to this shrine almost uninterrupted since 1531 - 32 . In the latter year, a shrine had been constructed at the foot of Tepeyac Hill, which served the people for ninety years . It was adapted as part of the parochial sacristy of the new basilica . In 1622 a rich shrine was erected; a newer one, much richer, in 1709 . Other structures of the eighteenth century connected with it are a parish church, a convent and church for Capuchin nuns, a well chapel, and a hill chapel . About 1750 the shrine got the title of collegiate, and a canonry and choir service were established . In 1754 it was aggregated to the Basilica of St. John Lateran . In 1904 it was designated as a basilica . </P> <P> Officially known as the "Templo Expiatorio a Cristo Rey," the first structure of the old basilica was begun in 1695 and it was not finished until 1709 . The major architect was Pedro de Arrieta . It is characterized by its doric interior and marble statues of Fray Juan de Zumárraga, archbishop at the time it was started, and Juan Diego, the peasant who saw the vision of the Virgin Mary . These are featured in the altarpiece that originally held the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe . (That altarpiece matches a similar one in the older chapel higher on the hill, which features the archangels Gabriel and Michael). The church was granted basilica status by Pope Pius X in 1904 . </P> <P> The icon of Juan Diego's cloak was housed in this church from 1709 to 1974 . In 1921 a bomb planted in a flower vase near the altar by an anticlerical terrorist exploded, causing great damage to the interior of the building . (In memory of this incident, the New Basilica displays an iron crucifix called "the attempt on Christ".) The cloak survived undamaged . </P>

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