Iglesia de Santa Bárbara (Church of Saint Bárbara) in Santa Rosalía, Mexico

Given that the Eiffel Tower is likely the world’s best-known iron structure many other iron constructions have been attributed to its architect, Gustave Eiffel. The Church of Saint Bárbara, in the former copper mining town of Santa Rosalía, contains a plaque near its entrance states that claims it was designed by Eiffel and was rediscovered in a Belgian warehouse after an exposition in 1889 Paris. The church has a near-legendary history. It has been said that John D. Rockefeller commissioned the building directly from Eiffel for one of his mines in California….

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