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Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi

Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Chapel of St. Francis of AssisiAica.org () is a chapel of the Roman Catholic Church located on the Esperanza Base administered by Argentina, on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. It is one of eight churches on Antarctica. Founded on February 18, 1976, and installed by the Argentine Army, it was the first Catholic chapel of the Antarctic continent. Read more on Wikipedia

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