Grecia is noted for its unique church, Iglesia de la Nuestra Señora de las
Mercedes, made entirely of pre-fabricated steel plates painted red. There are
several urban legends about this church. One recounts how the church was
donated by some foreign country, and sent to Greece as a gift, but was wrongly
shipped to Grecia, Costa Rica. Another legend states that the final destination
of the church was the city of Punta Arenas in Chile but was disembarked, by
mistake, in the port of Puntarenas, Costa Rica and later sent to the city of
Grecia where it was assembled.
However,
