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Casa del Prado

San Diego


An ornate reconstruction of a building to honor the 1915 Panama–California Exposition fair held in San Diego. It's not possible to go inside the building, unless you visit a San Diego Junior Theatre production in the Casa Del Prado Theatre.


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