Blue sky morning sun view red yellow brick ornate neo-classical Basilica de la Merced below modern skyscrapers, Santiago, Chile

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The red and yellow brickwork, neo-classical Basilica de la Merced dates to 1795, being a replacement for earlier churches destroyed by earthquakes in 1647 and 1730. In 1928 a carillon of 28 bronze bells was installed by Pope Pius X1. The Order of Our Lady of Mercy (founded 1218) settled in Santiago in 1549, eight years after the city's founding in 1541.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Basilica de la Merced, Enrique MacIver Street, Centro, Santiago, Chile. South America
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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