Nuestra_Señora_de_Lourdes_y_San_Vicente_Pallotti,_Montevideo

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti

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The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Vincent Pallotti (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti), popularly known as Iglesia de Lourdes, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

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Located on the intersection of the streets Paysandú and Florida, the temple was built between 1885 and 1890 by engineer Ignacio Pedralbes in a Neo-Baroque eclectic style, inspired in the churches of La Sorbonne and Saint Gervais in Paris.[2]

The parish was established on 7 September 1962.[1]

Held by the Pallottines, it is dedicated to their patron saint Vincent Pallotti and Our Lady of Lourdes.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Iglesia de Lourdes". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    "Iglesia de Lourdes". Inventario de la Ciudad Vieja. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)

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