Built in 1820, this large colonnaded church is disheveled, but the faithful have strung colorful garlands from the soaring rafters. Immediately west ponder the ruins of St Anthony's Villa, which still has some elaborate carvings set amid numerous grazing goats.
St Anthony's Church
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