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Basilica Mayor San Juan Bautista

Dominating the central plaza, this 'major basilica' (a title bestowed on certain Roman Catholic cathedrals) stands on the site of an original 16th-century church. Most of what you see today, however, including the colorful stained-glass windows in the clerestory, dates from a major rebuilding in 1948.

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