Chapel of Santisima Virgen de Lujan, Antarctica
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The Chapel of Santisima Virgen de Lujan or the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Lujan ( es, Capilla de la Santísima Virgen de Luján ) is a Roman Catholic chapel located at the Argentine base Marambio on Seymour-Marambio Island in Antarctica. It is the third most southern place of worship of any religion. It is one of eight churches on Antarctica. The permanent steel-structured chapel is used for Christian worship by the various Argentine personnel on station (as well as visitors). The chapel features a
bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
and cross.


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Religion in Antarctica Religion in Antarctica is largely dominated by Christianity, with Christian buildings being the only religious buildings on the continent. Although used regularly for Christian worship, the Chapel of the Snows has also been used for Buddhist a ...


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James Ross Island group Roman Catholic chapels in Antarctica {{RC-church-stub