Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes explained

Building Name:Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes
(Malvín)
Location:Michigan 1645
Montevideo,
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
Status:Parish church
Architecture Type:Church

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Spanish; Castilian: '''Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes''') is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the neighbourhood of Malvín, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

The parish was established on 4 February 1934 by Archbishop Juan Francisco Aragone. The temple is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes.[1]

There was a project in the 1960s to build a bigger, modern church in this place. Eladio Dieste designed the reinforced ceramic building, but only the apse was built. Curiously, the project was built instead in Spain: the parish church of San Juan de Ávila, Alcalá de Henares.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parroquia de Malvín . Archdiocese of Montevideo . 11 May 2013 .
  2. Web site: History of the Parish of Malvín . 11 May 2013.
  3. http://viajes.elpais.com.uy/2013/05/11/la-parroquia-que-debio-estar-en-malvin/ The church that should have been built in Malvín