Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, Sonsón

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá
Location Sonsón
Country  Colombia
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá) also called Sonsón Cathedral It is a cathedral church of Catholic worship under the patronage of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá. The temple is located on the side of the Main Plaza "Ruiz Zapata" of the municipality and city of Sonsón (Antioquia) in the South American country of Colombia[2] and is one of the bishoprics of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro along with the Co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Great and the Marian shrine in Rionegro (Antioquia).

The current building is contemporary in design and replaced the previous Romanesque-Gothic style built in granite,[3] which was demolished after a strong earthquake affected him seriously.[4]

See also

The old cathedral

References

  1. ↑ Cathedral of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá in Sonsón
  2. ↑ Bancos y bancarios de Colombia (in Spanish). 1966-01-01.
  3. ↑ "Terremoto de 1962 :: Turismo Histórico Sonsón". turismo-historico-sonson.webnode.com.co. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  4. ↑ Ramírez, Jesús Emilio (2004-01-01). Actualización de la historia de los terremotos en Colombia (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ingeniería, Instituto Geofísico Universidad Javeriana. ISBN 9789586836937.

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