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Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre

1926 CE – still standing

Patronal shrine of Cuba in the hills above Santiago (built 1926, declared a basilica in 1977), housing the venerated Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre statue discovered by sailors in 1612

Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1920 CE)
  2. Cuba (1930 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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