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Saint Augustine Church in San Juan

The Saint Augustine Church in the “Puerta de Tierra” ward of San Juan, Puerto Rico is the most impressive structure built by the  Redemptorist Order of Priests. It was built around 1889 in cement making it one of the first examples using this material in Puerto Rico.Of a neoclassic style in a rectangular shape divided by three naves with columns. The interior es dominated by its altar with five stained glass windows in its dome. Its facade includes two towers of different heights but each with pointed shaped domes.

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