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Paris has its Eiffel Tower, Mexico its Eiffel Church
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March 20, 2010



A French company began copper mining in a remote desert town on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula more than one hundred years ago, and left behind a treasure. (Agence France-Presse)
Designed by Gustav Eiffel, displayed (and shared a prize for design with the Eiffel Tower) at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, reconstructed in Belgium, and then shipped to Mexico, the Iglesia de Santa Barbara is a landmark of Santa Rosalia.



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