Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Bogotá)
| Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary | |
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 Exterior view of the cathedral from the west (2005) |
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| place | Bogotá |
| builder | Br. Domingo de Petres OFMCap |
| Construction year | 1538-1823 |
| height | 52 m |
| Floor space | 5,300 m² |
| Coordinates | 4 ° 35 '52.1 " N , 74 ° 4' 30.6" W |
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , completely Spanish Sacro Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada Basilica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción de María ( "most holy Archbishop's cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary", officially spanish Catedral Primada de Colombia ) is an Episcopal church in Colombia's capital Bogota . The cathedral was placed under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception of Mary .
The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia. It is located in the La Candelaria district , the historical and cultural center of the city. The building was erected between 1807 and 1823; Pope Leo XIII. elevated the church to the cathedral of the diocese in 1902. Since the successor to Pius X , in 1907 it was given the rank of minor basilica .
history
From the first church building in Bogotá to the cathedral of Colombia
In 1539 a church was built in the city for the first time on behalf of the Spanish conquistador and founder of the city of Bogotá, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . On August 6, 1538, the first Holy Mass could be celebrated on the construction site. The current church building is the fourth at this point; the first was built between 1538 and 1550; the second from 1569 to 1572 and the third was also demolished in 1806. The Capuchin Br. Domingo de Petres designed the cathedral, which was built between 1807 and 1823. The construction was carried out in the neoclassical style on the central Plaza de Bolívar . With some changes to the original project, the cathedral was consecrated in 1823 and has since been restored several times, most recently in 1998.
architecture
The church consists of the main nave with two aisles ; the vaults of all ships are the same. The facade consists of two bodies, one is Doric order , the other and the towers are Ionic order . The Chapel of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia , one of twelve chapels, is buried in well-known personalities from Colombian history and the city, such as the city founder Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, the forerunner of the country's independence Antonio Nariño and the painter Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos . The cathedral was added to the list of National Monuments of Colombia in 1975.
Web links
- Website of the Archdiocese of Bogotá (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catedral Primada Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción on gcatholic.org (engl.)
- ↑ Fray Domingo de Petres en el Nuevo Reino de Granada idpc.gov.co, accessed on April 22, 2019 (Spanish)
- ↑ Las 10 catedrales más bellas de Iberoamérica . notiamerica.com. Retrieved April 28, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ ¿Quiénes somos? . arquibogota.org.co. Retrieved April 28, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ Catedral Primada de Colombia. calendariodecolombia.com, accessed April 28, 2017 (Spanish)