Mar del Plata Cathedral | |
Fullname: | Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Cecilia |
Native Name: | Catedral de los Santos Pedro y Cecilia |
Native Name Lang: | Spanish |
Coordinates: | -37.9992°N -57.5492°W |
Location: | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires |
Country: | Argentina |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Website: | http://www.catedralmardelplata.org.ar |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architect: | Pedro Benoit |
Style: | Neogothic |
Groundbreaking: | 1893 |
Completed Date: | 1905 |
Length: | 67m (220feet) |
Width: | 20m (70feet) |
Spire Quantity: | 1 |
Spire Height: | 60m (200feet) |
Bells: | 5 |
The Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Cecilia (Spanish; Castilian: Basílica Catedral de los Santos Pedro y Cecilia) is a Roman Catholic church building in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Built in Neogothic style, it is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and St. Cecilia.
Declared a minor basilica by Pius XI in 1924, upon the creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata in 1957 it became its cathedral church.[1]
Book: Brandolini, Ana María . May 2016 . La Catedral de Mar del Plata, Basílica de los santos Pedro y Cecilia . Mar del Plata . 978-987-42-0732-6 . (IN SPANISH)