Crypt Chapel in D.C. - Catholic Stock Photo

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception houses 81 Marian chapels (including the Our Mother of Africa Chapel), as well as other sacred images, flanking the sides of the Great Upper Church and the Crypt Church. They were designed to reflect the origins of Catholic Americans and the religious orders whose generosity erected them. This is an image of the Crypt Church.