Country New Zealand Architectural style Gothic architecture | Reference no. 226 and 227 Designated as world heritage site 5 April 1984 | |
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Construction started Church: 1908, Monastery: 1931 Similar St Mary of the Angels - Wellington, Home Of Compassion Crèche, Mount Victoria Lookout, Old Government Buildings, National War Memorial | ||
St Gerard's Church and Monastery collectively form one of Wellington's most distinctive and iconic landmarks. Located on Mount Victoria in Wellington, both buildings are classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic places by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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The Church
Built in 1908 for the Redemptorists, the church was the first in the world to be dedicated to the Italian saint Gerard Majella. In recognition of this status, the church used to house an oil painting of St Gerard in Ecstasy which was given by the Holy See.
The Monastery
Built in 1932, funded by public donations, the three storied Monastery was constructed as a home for the Redemptorists.
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