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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Dome of the Rock, Graceland, Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Shrine of the Three Kings, Umayyad Mosque, Sanctuary of Macereto, USS Arizona, List of shrines, Temple of Confucius, Fort McHenry, Al-Askari Mosque, Imam Ali Mosque, Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Cross in the Woods, Aspen Shrines, Al Abbas Mosque, Auriesville, New York, Erawan Shrine, Saint Anthony's Chapel, Church of the Annunciation, Great Mosque of Kufa, Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Al-Baqi', Shrine of St. Anthony, Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane, Al-Nuqtah Mosque, Ve, Meher Baba's samadhi, National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Mother Cabrini Shrine, Thirumalaikoil, Vallabhapuram, National Shrine of the Little Flower, Bab al-Saghir, St. Stanislaus Church, National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Shah Gardez, St. Xavier's Church, Kottar, Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, Chungnyeolsa, Joshua's Hill, Avero House, Basilica di Santa Chiara, Jannatul Mualla, St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, Li Tang, Nabi Habeel Mosque, Ly Bat Shrine, Koxinga Ancestral Shrine, Ramanji, Budhasubba, Alu-Oshaeraen Shrine, National Shrine of Saint Jude, Hadrat Abbas Shrine. Excerpt: The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, and now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas. The compound, which originally comprised a sanctuary and surrounding buildings, was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century for the education of local Native Americans after their conversion to Christianity. In 1793, the mission was secularized and soon abandoned. Ten years later, it became a fortress housing the Mexican Army group the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras, who likely gave the mission the name "Alamo." Mexican soldiers held the mission until December 183...
