Location Mariana Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Brazil Phone +55 31 3558-2785 | |
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Address R. Direita, 8 - Centro, Mariana - MG, 35420-000, Brazil Similar Igreja de São Pedro dos Cléri, Mina de Ouro da Passagem, Museu de Arte Sacra de Mariana, Church of Saint Francis of, Basílica Nossa Senhora | ||
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção) also called Caxias do Sul Cathedral It is a Catholic cathedral-basilica, the seat of the Archdiocese of Mariana. It is located in the state of Minas Gerais, in the city of Mariana, Brazil. is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption.
The current parish of Our Lady of the Assumption was founded in 1704 and at that time was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a time when the only temple Camp Ribeirão Carmo was the Chapel of the Virgin. A small chapel mud was then raised by the Portuguese mining António Pereira Machado. Work on the current temple began in 1711, when Governor Antonio de Albuquerque raised the camp to a town. Therefore, the church received the title of venue dedicated to the Virgin. A first expansion took place between 1713 and 1718, commissioned the master Jacinto Lopes Barbosa who reused the existing structure and became the sacristy. In 1734 the building was already quite spoiled by the start of new works on the facade and tower under the responsibility of the teacher António Coelho Fonseca. Only in 1798 it is that the exterior walls were rebuilt in stone and lime.
In 1745, with the creation of the Diocese of Mariana, the seat was elevated to cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption.