For the city of Aparecida, where the National Basilica for Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil's patron saint. There, supposedly, fishermen found an image of Maria in the river. In the 80s a new structure was dedicated, only the Vatican is larger.

I was preparing a nice little item about this, when my computer froze up. *Sigh*

Suffice it to say that this city of 35,000 will receive this weekend around 220,000 pilgrims. The basilica will hold 45,000 people at once. The parking lot has space for 4,000 buses and 6,000 cars. Normally 700 people work at the basilica and 1,500 volunteers are on hand this weekend. See a few items and pics here.