Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Humacao, Puerto Rico)
Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús of Humacao | ||
MPS Historic Churches of Puerto Rico TR | | |
NRHP reference No. | 84003140 | |
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Added to NRHP | September 18, 1984 |
The Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús or in English, Co-Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Jesus, is a
History
The first church for the parish of Dulce Nombre de Jesús was a simple structure built in 1769.
Architecture
The cathedral is on the east side of the town plaza. A low concrete wall with metal grillwork surrounds the church building. The wall is modulated by pillars that hold cast iron lamps. The building is cruciform in shape with a nave, transept and two side aisles. It is one of the few churches in Puerto Rico with a transept.[5] The main façade is dominated by a four-level square bell tower topped with a spire. It is flanked by two smaller round towers that house a spiral staircase and the weights for the clock. All the windows and doorways are framed with moldings. Small buttresses flank pointed arch windows on the sides of the building. The two-level transept is crowned with a gabled roof. Each side has two pointed-arch windows on the first level and round window in the second.
On the interior horizontal moldings have been eliminated to give the illusion of a taller structure.
Gallery
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Interior
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Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús of Humacao in 2020
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The church in 2007, the year before it became a cathedral
See also
References
- ^ "Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus". GCatholic. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesύs (in Spanish)". Humacao. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ National Park Service (September 28, 1984), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 137, retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
External links
- Media related to Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús (Humacao, Puerto Rico) at Wikimedia Commons
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (Official Site in Spanish)
- GCatholic page for Concatedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus