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A 20-foot-tall, full-color Virgin Mary statue -- roughly three times life size -- standing atop an Earth globe holding a rosary, the centerpiece of the Hoa-Binh (Area of Peace) garden shrine across from the Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church in Port Arthur, Texas. Built by parishioners in gratitude for their welcome to Port Arthur; the grounds include Stations of the Cross statues and a central pagoda.
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Approximate location · 29.885° N, 93.940° W
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Free, publicly accessible open-air shrine and garden.
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Hoa-Binh (Area of Peace), north side of 9th Ave between 8th and 9th Streets, Port Arthur, TX, across from Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church.
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