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Basilica Minore de San Sebastian

The Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, also known as San Sebastian Church, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Manila, Philippines.

San Sebastian Church was completed in 1891. It is an example of the revival of Gothic architecture in the Philippines and the only all-steel church or basilica in Asia,and claimed as the only prefabricated steel church in the world.

It has long been reputed that Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer behind the Eiffel Tower and the steel structure within the Statue of Liberty, was involved in the design and construction of San Sebastian Church.

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