Metropolitan Cathedral | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin rite |
Leadership | Archdiocese of Montevideo |
Year consecrated | 1804 |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Ituzaingó 1373 Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay |
Municipality | Montevideo |
Architecture | |
Groundbreaking | 1724 |
Length | ) |
Website | |
http://www.arquidiocesis.net |
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There is one major altar, several side altars, memorials, and tombs of several of the former archbishops and bishops who served in the cathedral. On a side altar is venerated an image of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three, patron saint of Uruguay. [3]
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