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TIL that 8 temples of the Roman goddess Minerva (Athena) had been built in Guatemala. Starting with the first one in 1901 under orders of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who wanted to create and promote a Cult of Minerva, with its own feast day on his birthday.

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