Gran Logia Espiritual Numero 1 (original) (raw)
2006, National Register of Historic Places
The building known as Gran Logia Espiritual Numero 1 (Grand Spiritual Lodge No. 1) is widely recognized as the location of the most important center in the studies of the Spiritualist Doctrine in Puerto Rico. The "Gran Logia Espiritual" is consider the strictest follower in the island of the philosophical principles codified by Allan Kardec (1804-1869).
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