The Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation[1] (also Basilica of Táriba; Spanish: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación) is a Catholic church located in the locality of Táriba[2] in Táchira state in the Andes of Venezuela.
The basilica enshrines a venerated Marian image granted a Pontifical decree of coronation on 9 November 1959 by Pope John XXIII.
The Catholic priest Francisco Martínez de Espinoza, curate and vicar of the Villa of San Cristóbal, began the construction of the first temple dedicated to the Virgin of Táriba on 19 August 1690, which would later also be replaced.
It was remodeled under the administration of Monsignor Alejandro Figueroa Medina for the approaching date of the canonical coronation of the virgin.
[clarification needed] The basilica was critically rebuilt in the 1960s due to the contributions of Martín Marciales Moncada.