The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro)[2] Also El Vigia Cathedral[3] is a Catholic church located in El Vigia, Mérida state, Venezuela.[4] Is located on Bolivar Avenue to 15th Avenue, opposite the Bolívar Square of El Vigia.
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral | |
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| Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro | |
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| Location | El Vigia |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
History
editOn 14 April 1957 the archbishop of Mérida, Acacio Chacín, laid the first stone. On May 21 of that same year construction he began. The layout was made by José Ignacio Olivares, priest of El Vigia. On 12 March 1959 the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was founded. In 1994 the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia was erected.
The cathedral building is concrete, decorated on the outside with granite. The bell tower brick has tablets. The cathedral has a large entrance and two small entrances on the facade. There are also two side entrances. The ships are separated by 36 columns. It has 30 windows and 48 small windows.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in El Vigia
- ^ "Catedral Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro está lista para celebrar la Semana Santa | En El Vigía" (in European Spanish). 2016-03-18. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ^ "Catálogo del patrimonio cultural venezolano 2004-2006, Municipio Alberto Adriani".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "El Vigía inició la Semana Santa con la bendición de los ramos". www.diariodelosandes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
