Rosary Basilica (Andacollo)

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Exterior view of the basilica
inner space
Sanctuary

The Great Church of Andacollo , also known as the Rosary Basilica ( Basílica Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Spanish ), is the main church in the Chilean city ​​of Andacollo in the Región de Coquimbo . The church of the Archdiocese of La Serena is consecrated under the invocation of Our Lady of the Rosary to the Mother of God and has the rank of minor basilica .

history

When the Spaniards settled in the mining region, they first brought a statue of the Virgin Mary to worship the Virgin of the Rosary to La Serena , then to Andacollo. Here the Marian cult was interwoven syncretistically with local worship and dances. After a first chapel from 1580, a parish church was built here in 1660 to present the statue of the Virgin Mary of the Rosary by Andacollo. This image was lost and was replaced in 1676 by a statue of the Virgin Mary from Lima , which is attributed miracles and which is venerated to this day. After the parish church was damaged by repeated earthquakes, it was replaced at the end of the 18th century. Today this building is known as the Old Church of Andacollo and has been preserved. When it became too small for the growing veneration, in 1869 the bishop of La Serena , José Manuel Orrego Pizarro , began building an additional, more important church on the property of the Nta Brotherhood . Señora Rosario de Andacollo decided. This was built from 1873 to 1893 with the help of the local population, among other things they made the clay bricks. Delays were caused by the difficult delivery of the building materials to the mountain village. 8,000 believers attended the consecration of the Great Church . The statue of the Virgin Mary of Andacollo was made at Christmas 1901 with the approval of Pope Leo XIII. canonically crowned . The church was declared a Historic Monument on January 12, 1981, together with the Old Church of Andacollo, under Decree No. 72. In 1998, Pope John Paul II granted the church the rank of minor basilica in its role as a pilgrimage church .

architecture

The Marienkirche was designed by the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli (1830-1890) in the neo-Byzantine - neo-Romanesque style as his late work before he left Chile in 1875. The sight of the church is characterized by the red double tower facade with five entrances. A triangular gable rises between the 53 meter high bell towers with four tapering floors. The construction of the church is carried by Douglas fir wood from California, the mud bricks of the walls are clad on the outside with galvanized iron sheets and on the inside with Guayaquil wood. The five-aisled cruciform church has the structure of a basilica . The barrel vaults are supported by 36 columns. The structure is 70 meters long and 30 meters wide, and the crossing dome rises 45 meters above a drum . The foundation of the church is six meters thick. The church is illuminated at the sides with large glass windows and additionally through the dome. The main altar comes from Paris. Up to 10,000 visitors can gather on the forecourt during the Festival of the Virgin.

Web links

Commons : Rosary Basilica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Basílica-Santuario Nuestra Señora del Rosario on gcatholic.org
  2. ↑ History and Dances of the Feast of the Virgin of Andacollo. December 19, 2011, Retrieved February 6, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo (Spanish)
  4. ↑ a b Basílica de Andacollo cumple 125 años albegando a los pereginos. December 21, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ^ Churches with canonical crowned images at gcatholic.org
  6. ^ Iglesia grande de Andacollo (Spanish)

Coordinates: 30 ° 13 ′ 52.6 ″  S , 71 ° 5 ′ 5 ″  W.