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Plaquemine Louisiana - Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church - Historic

The Cathedral

The magnificent Cathedral on the Bayou was built in the late 1920s. The huge Roman Basilica style building is 70 feet wide by 250 feet long and is considered the purest example of Italian Romanesque architecture in the South. It features a beautiful water fountain and courtyard leading to massive exterior columns matched by huge oak doors.

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Uploaded on February 3, 2021
Taken circa 1990