Location Rua Serpa Pinto
Praia Denomination Roman Catholic Church Opened 15 August 1902 | Country Cape Verde Completed August 15, 1902 | |
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Similar Monumento de Diogo Gomes, Farol de D Maria Pia, Gamboa - Praia, Museu Etnográfico da Praia, Estádio da Várzea | ||
The Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace (Portuguese: Pró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Graça) also called Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located on Rua Serpa Pinto, east of the Alexandre Albuquerque Square, in the neighborhood Platô (Plateau of Praia) in the city and the municipality of Praia, on the island of Santiago, part of the African country of Cape Verde. The church extends eastward to Avenida Andrade Corvo.
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The present church was opened on August 15, 1902, although the parish dates back more than 400 years ago. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of the Diocese of Santiago de Cape Verde (Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi Capitis Viridis) which was created in 1533 by the Bull "Pro excellenti praeeminentia" of Pope Clement VII. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Arlindo Gomes Furtado Cardinal.
Pope John Paul II visited the temple on January 25, 1990.
The 100th anniversary of the opening of the catheral was celebrated in 2002. A plaque commemorating the 100th anniversary is in the church.
Interior
Its interior are colored white and features a stylish ceiling. Inside is a large arch with a brown edges and a keystone on top, near its edges are two Roman-Portuguese or neoclassical columns, inside it has neoclassical architecture on top with Roman architectural elements. Its windows has wooden edges.
Exterior
The exterior has neoclassical architecture with white walls, in the front has an entrance and two rectangular windows, on top has three semicircular windows, all has a brown rim. Roman elements of architecture are on top of each window on the bottom. It has three square brick edges colored grey. In the middle has white walls and square bricks on ground level, at the other side has white walls and two single storey wings on each side, it has a small fence and a bell tower.