Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santo Domingo, Montevideo
Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santo Domingo (Dominicos) | |
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Basic information | |
Location |
Mario Cassinoni 1337 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Parish church |
Architectural type | Church |
Architectural style | Neo-Mudéjar |
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Dominic (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santo Domingo), popularly known as Iglesia de los Domínicos, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Cordón, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
This church is unique in Uruguay as it is perhaps the only temple built in Neo-Mudéjar style in all the country; it also has a brick tower.[2] Held by the Dominicans, it is dedicated to their patron saint Dominic and also to Our Lady of the Rosary.[3] It was consecrated on 6 January 1947.[4]
The parish was established on 18 May 1958.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Domínicos". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 10 May 2013. (Spanish)
- ↑ Pictures of the Dominican Church in Montevideo (Spanish)
- ↑ "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 10 May 2013. (Spanish)
- ↑ Alfonso Esponera Cerdán, O.P. (1992). The Dominicans in Uruguay. Salamanca: Editorial San Esteban. Retrieved 10 May 2013. (Spanish)
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