Location Salto, Uruguay Architectural style Eclecticism | Affiliation Roman Catholic Year consecrated 1889 | |
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District Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto Similar Museo María Irene Olarreag, Museo del Hombre y la Tecnol, Parque Acuático Acuamanía, Zoológico Municipal de Salto, Salto Grande Dam | ||
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de San Juan Bautista) is the main Roman Catholic church building of Salto. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto since 1939.
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History
Designed by the Salesian Ernesto Vespignani, the style of this temple is Eclecticism, with a predominantly Baroque facade. It was consecrated in 1889, dedicated to saint John the Baptist. In its interior stand out several paintings by Zorrilla de San Martín and the Christ in bronze by Edmundo Pratti.
On 9 May 1988, Pope John Paul II visited this Cathedral.
On 8 April 1997, this cathedral was declared basilica minor.
Same devotion
There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to St. John the Baptist:
References
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