Catedral Metropolitana

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Towering above the Plaza de Armas is the neoclassical Catedral Metropolitana, built between 1748 and 1800. Bishops celebrating Mass on the lavish main altar may feel uneasy: beneath them is the crypt where their predecessors are buried.

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