Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Valdivia
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral | |
---|---|
Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario | |
Location | Valdivia |
Country | Chile |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario) Also Valdivia Cathedral[2] Is the main Catholic church of the Valdivia diocese, built in the center of the homonymous city of Valdivia, in the South American country of Chile.[3]
The Cathedral of Valdivia is located on one side of the Republic Square (Plaza de la República), in the center of the city. The building of the cathedral currently houses, on its second floor, the Cathedral Temple; In its first floor, a chapel where the Eucharist is celebrated, the Crypt of the Bishops, a wake and the offices and dependencies of the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary; And in the zócalo, a Museum that conserves different religious objects.
The cathedral is erected in the place where the main Catholic temples of the city have been located, being the thirteenth main Church that has had the city of Valdivia. The different cataclysms that the city has suffered many times destroyed its main temple. The earthquake of 1960 completely destroyed the previous cathedral, built in 1911; The current building dates from 1988.
See also
References
- ^ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
- ^ Guarda, Gabriel (2001-01-01). Nueva historia de Valdivia (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. ISBN 9789561406285.
- ^ Valdivia, Corporación Cultural Municipal (2006-11-01). Revista Kimelchén Noviembre 2006 (in Spanish). Revista Kimelchén.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (March 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata
- Articles containing Spanish-language text
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Building and structure articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Roman Catholic cathedrals in Chile
- Buildings and structures in Valdivia
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1988
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Chile
- Rebuilt buildings and structures in Chile
- Pages using the Kartographer extension