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Iglesia de la Medalla de la Virgen Milagrosa

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, known in Spanish as Iglesia de la Medalla de la Virgen Milagrosa or simply Iglesia de la Medalla Milagrosa is a church in Colonia Narvarte, Mexico City, Mexico. The church was designed by Spanish-Mexican architect, Félix Candela and constructed between 1953 and 1955. The monks who had commissioned the project favored a Gothic building and reportedly did not realize the design's modern style until after construction had started.

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1953-1955

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Felix Candela

1910-1997 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Felix Candela was a Spanish-Mexican architect and engineer celebrated for thin-shell concrete structures that reshaped postwar architecture in Mexico.

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