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Landmark Americas religious

Las Lajas Sanctuary

1916 CE – still standing

Neo-Gothic basilica built inside a canyon over the Guáitara River in southern Colombia

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Sanctuary of Las Lajas on Wikipedia.

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1914 CE)
  2. Colombia (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1916 CE and 2026 CE.

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