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Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Reducto, Montevideo

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Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
(Reducto)
Interactive map of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Reducto)
Interactive map of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Reducto)
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Parish church
Year consecrated 1875
Location
Location Av. Garibaldi 1667
Montevideo, Uruguay
Interactive map of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
(Reducto)
Architecture
Type Church

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Reducto, Montevideo — The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores), popularly known as Iglesia del Reducto (in current times it belongs to the barrio La Figurita, but in the past it was part of Reducto), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

The parish was established on 20 November 1871.[1]

The present temple was built in 1875 and completed in 1877 [2] and is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.

Same devotion

There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to the Virgin of Sorrows:

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Iglesia del Reducto". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. Back to citation "The Church of Reducto". Intendencia de Montevideo. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (in Spanish)

Bibliography

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