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After 3 Fires Destroyed It, A Church In Chile Faces A New Challenge: Reinventing Itself

The history of San Francisco Church in Valparaíso is so intertwined with the Chilean port city that when a fire burned down the building in 2013, one neighbor felt like she was losing a friend. The city owes its nickname “Pancho” to the church (men named “Francisco” are often called “Pancho” in Latin America).

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