The Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen), popularly known as Iglesia de la Aguada, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
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| Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
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| Location | Aguada, Montevideo |
| Address | Libertador Avenue |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Dedication | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Consecrated | 1866 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish |
| Architectural type | Neoclassical architecture |
| Years built | 1890 |
History
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Originally there was a small church where, in 1829, the First Constituent Assembly was summoned.[2]
The current temple it was created in 1861 and built in 1890 , in a neoclassical style with two bell towers on its main façade. It was declared a parish on September 8, 1866 by the bishop of Montevideo Jacinto Vera .[1]
The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a very popular devotion of the Virgin Mary.
In the 1930s, as a result of the construction of the Diagonal Agraciada, its neoclassical façade had to be demolished and rebuilt in 1935 by the architects Elzeario Boix y Horacio Terra.
Same devotion
editThere are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to Our Lady of the Mount Carmel:
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Manga)
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Cordón)
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Prado)
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Cajetan (Unión)
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Migues
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Toledo
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Capilla del Sauce
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Durazno
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Villa del Carmen
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Melo
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in San Gregorio de Polanco
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Solís de Mataojo
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carmelo
- Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Salto
References
edit- ^ a b "Iglesia de la Aguada". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 31 March 2013. (in Spanish)
- ^ "La Aguada". Retrieved 6 April 2013. (in Spanish)
External links
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