| Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
| Fullname: | Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Location: | Aguada, Montevideo |
| Address: | Libertador Avenue |
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
| Founded Date: | 1861 |
| Dedication: | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Consecrated Date: | 1866 |
| Functional Status: | Parish |
| Architectural Type: | Neoclassical architecture |
| Years Built: | 1890 |
The Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel (Spanish; Castilian: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen), popularly known as Iglesia de la Aguada, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
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 .
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.
There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to Our Lady of the Mount Carmel: