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Garðar Cathedral

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Garðar Cathedral (), known formally as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, was a Roman Catholic cathedral church located in Garðar, situated in Igaliku, Greenland. It was the first cathedral erected in the Americas, and is among the oldest surviving example of European architecture in the Americas. The cathedral was reduced to ruins and nowadays only its foundation can be seen."St Nicholas Cathedral", St Nicholas Center. Retrieved on 19 August 2017."Domkirke Sankt Nikolai", Gcatholic. Retrieved on 19 August 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

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