Caracas Cathedral
Caracas Cathedral | |
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Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana | |
Jorge Urosa Savino |
The Caracas Cathedral
History
The church originally built at this location in the mid-17th century was a mud-walled chapel and dedicated to St. James (Santiago). It was destroyed during the earthquake of 1641.
After the earthquake, one of its towers was damaged and later reduced in size. A frontispiece was constructed in the facade in 1866. The cathedral houses
Architecture and fittings
The structure is built from stone with a tile roof.[4] Supported by 24 unadorned pillars, it measures 270 by 81 feet (82 m × 25 m). In 1812, it was noted that the brick steeple held the city's only public clock at the time.[9]
The Romanesque plan consists of five
The cathedral's organ was built in 1711 by the French immigrant,
Notable people
Notable figures in the cathedral's history include the
See also
Notes
- ^ La Catedral de Caracas y sus funciones de culto (in Spanish). Secr. General. 1 January 1967.
- ^ Cabildo; Manuel Pérez Vila (1 January 1963). Actas del Cabildo Eclesiástico de Caracas: compendio cronológico (in Spanish). Academia Nacional de la Historia. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-06399-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84162-299-6. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Brooks, Eugene C. (1922). "How an Earthquake Stopped Miranda's Revolution". Stories of South America. Richmond, Virginia: Johnson Publishing.
- ^ PlanetRaub 2010, p. 25.
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- ^ Semple, Robert (1812). Sketch of the Present State of Caracas: Including a Journey from Caracas Through La Victoria and Valencia to Puerto Cabello (Public domain ed.). R. Baldwin. p. 52.
- ^ a b c PlanetRaub 2010, p. 57.
- ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7.
- ISSN 0035-838X.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7183-0.
References
- Raub, Kevin; Kluepfel, Brian; Masters, Tom; Lonely Planet (2010). Lonely Planet Venezuela. Lonely Planet. pp. 25, 57–61. ISBN 978-1-74220-388-1. Retrieved 21 May 2013.