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| | Island Steeplechase |
 | | From the tiny, sharply-spired chapels of the Kona Coast to the venerable sanctums of downtown Honolulu, Hawaii's churches, temples and cathedrals are attractions both beautiful and historic. |
 | | Our Lady of Peace was built by French missionaries i the early 1840s, but its present appearance is largely the result of a major renovation undertaken in the late 1870s, when the walls were plastered over and schoolboys from Maui decorated the interior with stylized paintings of lilies, ferns, palms and other plants. |
 | | Within a block of Our Lady of Peace is another cathedral, St. Andrews, an Episcopal church built on land donated by Queen Emma, the wife of Kamehameha IV. |
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