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On
June
14,
1863,
the
first
stone
was
laid
for
a
monument
in
honor
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
of
Mary
on
Mount
Sameiro,
currently
the
monument
is
in
Santa
Marta
das
Cortiças
(Esporões).
On
August
29,
1869,
the
monument
was
blessed
and
inaugurated,
with
an
image
by
Emídio
Carlos
Amatucci.
On
August
31,
1873,
construction
began
on
a
chapel
commemorating
the
First
Vatican
Council
and
the
dogma
of
pontifical
infallibility.
On
August
8,
1877,
the
statutes
of
the
Brotherhood
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
of
Monte
Sameiro
were
created.
On
August
7,
1878,
the
image
of
Nossa
Senhora
do
Sameiro,
the
work
of
the
Italian
sculptor
Eugénio
Maccagnani
(1852-1930),
arrived
in
Braga.
On
August
29,
1880,
the
image
was
solemnly
taken
to
Sameiro
and
enthroned
in
the
chapel,
which
had
been
consecrated
the
day
before.
On
January
9,
1883,
the
monument
was
destroyed
for
an
unknown
reason
–
lightning,
according
to
some,
a
storm
combined
with
poor
construction,
according
to
others,
a
criminal
explosion,
according
to
still
others.[1]
On
July
28,
1884,
construction
began
on
a
new
monument.
On
May
9,
1886,
the
new
monument
was
inaugurated.
On
August
31,
1890,
the
first
stone
of
the
current
Sanctuary
was
laid.
On
June
12,
1904,
the
image
of
the
Virgin
was
crowned
by
the
Apostolic
Nuncio,
Monsignor
José
Macchi,
special
delegate
of
Pope
Pius
X.
On
July
12,
1936,
construction
of
the
dome
began.
1940,
2
columns,
weighing
6
tons
each,
made
of
marble
from
Estremoz,
are
destined
for
the
altar
of
Senhora
do
Sameiro.
On
June
12,
1941,
the
Sanctuary's
altar
was
consecrated.
On
June
7,
1953,
the
monumental
cross
was
inaugurated,
the
work
of
architect
David
Moreira
da
Silva.
On
June
13,
1954,
the
monuments
to
the
Sacred
Heart
of
Jesus
and
to
Pope
Pius
IX
(the
latter
sculpted
by
Raul
Xavier)
were
inaugurated.
Between
1959
and
1960,
the
statues
by
Raul
Xavier
that
constitute
the
Portico
of
the
Marian
doctors
were
inaugurated:
Cirilo
de
Alexandria
(August
30,
1959),
Bernardo
de
Claraval
(May
29,
1960),
António
de
Lisboa
(December
8
1959)
and
Afonso
Maria
de
Ligório
(August
24,
1960).
On
June
17,
1979,
the
Crypt
was
inaugurated,
under
the
initial
temple.
On
May
15,
1982,
it
was
visited
by
Pope
John
Paul
II.
On
June
3,
1984,
the
statue
of
Pope
John
Paul
II
was
inaugurated.
On
December
8,
2004,
in
commemoration
of
the
150th
anniversary
of
the
proclamation
of
the
dogma
of
the
Immaculate
Conception,
Pope
John
Paul
II,
through
his
Vatican
delegate,
Eugênio
Sales,
distinguished
the
Sanctuary
of
Sameiro
with
the
Golden
Rose.
In
2006,
Óscar
Casares
conceived
the
panel
"Salve
Regina"
for
the
Main
Altar
of
the
Crypt
of
the
Sanctuary.
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