Newsweek - USA (2019-10-04)

Culture

46 OCTOBER 04, 2019

Chapel of the Holy Cross

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1956 chapel was commissioned

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inspired by the Empire State

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built in Hungary, it was relocated

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Larabanga Mosque

Larabanga, Ghana

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building, but only Muslims are allowed inside.

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Szeged Synagogue

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Built in the early 1900s, this synagogue is the

fourth largest in the world and second largest in

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appropriate $4 million to the project in 2014.

Las Lajas Sanctuary

Ipiales, Colombia

Built on the edge of a gorge,

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church by crossing a bridge

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position was selected because

of the belief that it was the

site of a miracle in which a

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