Bragança Cathedral
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The new cathedral of Bragança ( Portuguese Nova Catedral de Nossa Senhora Rainha ) , consecrated to the Queen of Heaven , in the north-eastern Portuguese city of Bragança in the Tras-os-Montes region, is - next to the co- cathedral Santa Maria in Miranda do Douro - the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bragança -Miranda .
location
The new Cathedral of Bragança is located about 500 m west of the city center of Bragança at an altitude of about 675 m .
history
The diocese of Bragança, newly created in 1770, first had its seat in the local - several times enlarged - church of the Jesuit order, which was dissolved in Portugal in the 1750s . However, the church was returned to the order at the end of the 19th century, whereupon the cathedral moved into the church of the Poor Clare Monastery , which was nationalized in 1834 . As early as the 1950s, voices rose in favor of building a new cathedral; this was planned by the architect Vassallo Rosa, started in 1981 and completed in 2001.
architecture
A striking bell tower (torre siniera) with a glazed front and a blown gable towers over the building made of reinforced concrete and glass, which is irregular but has an interior roughly diamond-shaped floor plan . The exterior is almost completely clad with natural stones. Inside, four rows of benches slope down slightly towards the altar . Above the altar, a square glass ceiling construction lets light into the church, which is spanned by self-supporting iron girders.
Furnishing
The eye-catcher inside the cathedral is the largely abstract rear wall of the altar with an almost trapezoidal, clad statue of Christ with outstretched arms and an associated figure of Mary with a floating crown over her head.
See also
Web links
- Bragança Cathedral - Photos + Info (monument, Portuguese)
Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′ 20.5 " N , 6 ° 45 ′ 45" W.