Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo

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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti
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Basic information
Location Paysandú 763
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1890
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architect(s) Ignacio Pedralbes
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Neo-Baroque
Direction of façade South

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]

Overview

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]

See also

There are other places of worship in Uruguay devoted to the Virgin of Lourdes:

References

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