Building Name: | Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti |
Location: | Paysandú 763 Montevideo, |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Consecration Year: | 1890 |
Status: | Parish church |
Architect: | Ignacio Pedralbes |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Neo-Baroque |
Facade Direction: | South |
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Vincent Pallotti (Spanish; Castilian: '''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]
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]