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Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Aguada, Montevideo

Coordinates: 34°53′37.3″S 56°11′17.3″W / 34.893694°S 56.188139°W / -34.893694; -56.188139
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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LocationAguada, Montevideo
AddressLibertador Avenue
CountryUruguay
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Founded1861
DedicationOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Consecrated1866
Architecture
Functional statusParish
Architectural typeNeoclassical architecture
Years built1890

The Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen), popularly known as Iglesia de la Aguada, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

History

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Originally there was a small church where, in 1829, the First Constituent Assembly was summoned.[2]

The current temple it was created in 1861 and built in 1890 , in a neoclassical style with two bell towers on its main façade. It was declared a parish on September 8, 1866 by the bishop of Montevideo Jacinto Vera .[1]

The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a very popular devotion of the Virgin Mary.

In the 1930s, as a result of the construction of the Diagonal Agraciada, its neoclassical façade had to be demolished and rebuilt in 1935 by the architects Elzeario Boix y Horacio Terra.


Same devotion

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There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to Our Lady of the Mount Carmel:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iglesia de la Aguada". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 31 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "La Aguada". Retrieved 6 April 2013. (in Spanish)
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34°53′37.3″S 56°11′17.3″W / 34.893694°S 56.188139°W / -34.893694; -56.188139