The quiet farming community of Grecia—the name means "Greece" in Spanish—is reputed to be Costa Rica's cleanest town, and some enthusiastic civic boosters extend that superlative to all of Latin America, but the reason most people stop here is to admire its unusual church. A growing number of expats now call the town home.
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