The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Luján ( es, Basílica Menor de Nuestra Señora de Luján) is a Roman Catholic church building in

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. Built in

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style, it is dedicated to

Our Lady of Luján Our Lady of Luján ( es, Nuestra Señora de Luján) is a celebrated 16th-century statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Luján ( es, Virgen de Luján), is on display in the Basilica of Luján in ...

, patron saint of Argentina. Many people mistake this temple for a cathedral. Actually, it is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, whose see is located at the

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in the neighboring city of Mercedes.

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