Iglesia Santa Barbara in Santa Rosalia, Baja California is a prefabricated metal church possibly built by Gustave Eiffel.
The prefabricated galvanized-iron church of Santa Barbara in Santa Rosalia was thought to have been originally designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Paris World Fair. However, it has been suggested that the church may have been the work of a different French firm. Traditionally it is believed to have been designed for shipping to Africa but was found disassembled in Belgium in 1894. It was bought by Charles La Forgue who had it erected in Santa Rosalia for the benefit of the local French community (a French mining company, El Boleo, founded the town in 1884).
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Location: Iglesia Santa Barbara, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico
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