Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón ( Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ), better known as Parroquia de Punta Carretas , is a church in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo .
Originally belonging to the Capuchin Order , the church in the Montevidean Barrio Punta Carretas is located on the corner of José Ellauri and Solano García . The neo-Romanesque building, designed by the architect Elzeario Boix , was built from 1917 and consecrated in 1927 . The Uruguayan Catholic Women’s Union and the poet Juan Zorrilla de San Martín were particularly committed to the construction; he gave a speech at the inauguration ceremony.
The church is equipped with a Walcker organ from 1954 . Since 1997 the church has been classified as a Bien de Interés Municipal , a building of particular urban interest.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Punta Carretas on the Intendencia de Montevideo website ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 34 ° 55 ′ 22.3 ″ S , 56 ° 9 ′ 31 ″ W.