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Basilica of Santa María la Mayor

Pontevedra, Spain · built 1500

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Galician: Basílica de Santa María a Maior de Pontevedra, Santa María la Mayor) in Pontevedra, Spain, is a catholic church, dating from the 16th century, and consecrated as a basilica on January 10, 1962, by decree of Pope John XXIII. It is currently considered a BIC (Good of Cultural Interest in Spain, with the identification number RI-51-0000828). It was declared a historic-artistic monument belonging to the National Artistic Treasure by decree of 3 June 1931.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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