Affiliation Roman Catholic Direction of façade East Year consecrated 1870 Architect Victor Rabu | Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church Phone +598 2902 9619 Architectural type Church | |
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Location Julio Herrera y Obes 1431
Montevideo, Uruguay Address Julio Herrera y Obes 1431, 11100 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay Similar Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y, Parroquia San Francisco, Plaza Fabini, Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral, Sagrada Familia - Montevideo | ||
Bold text The Church of Saint Michael Garicoits (Spanish: Iglesia de San Miguel Garicoits), popularly known as Iglesia de los Vascos (Spanish for "the church of the Basque people") is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.
History
The origins of this temple date back to 1856, when the first Betharram Fathers arrived. An important part of the social and religious life of Basque immigrants was linked with this church for decades; services were held in Euskera back then. The church, designed by French architect Víctor Rabú in eclectic historicist style, was consecrated in 1870.
It is dedicated to their founder, St. Michael Garicoits, and to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (f which there is a Latin inscription over the entrance).
The parish was established on 30 October 1919.