Muro boasts an outsized parish church, a brooding, early-17th-century Gothic sandstone creation reminiscent of Sineu's main church. Its detached campanile is the town's most prominent landmark, and can be seen for miles across the plain.
Església de Sant Joan Baptista
Mallorca
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24.76 MILES
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24.95 MILES
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24.43 MILES
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