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 THE CATHEDRAL — THE GREATEST OF MEXICAN CHURCHES: NORTHWEST PROM THE 

 NATIONAL PALACE ROOF, CITY OP MEXICO 



The cathedral of Mexico City is said to be the largest church in the Western World. 

 It stands on the site of the great temple of the Aztecs, where tens of thousands of prisoners 

 were sacrificed to the sun. Its foundations are composed almost entirely of Aztec images. 

 Its inside dimensions are: length, 387 feet; width, 177 feet, and height, 179 feet. It is esti- 

 mated that it cost some $2,000,000. 



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