Iglesia de San Miguel Garicoits (Iglesia de los Vascos) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Parish church |
Year consecrated | 1870 |
Location | |
Location | Julio Herrera y Obes 1431 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Víctor Rabú |
Type | Church |
Direction of façade | East |
The Church of Saint Michael Garicoits ( Spanish: Iglesia de San Miguel Garicoits), popularly known as Iglesia de los Vascos (Spanish for "the church of the Basque people") is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay. [1]
The origins of this temple date back to 1856, when the first Betharram Fathers arrived. [2] An important part of the social and religious life of Basque immigrants was linked with this church for decades; services were held in Euskera back then. [3] The church, designed by French architect Víctor Rabú in eclectic historicist style, [4] was consecrated in 1870. [2]
It is dedicated to their founder, St. Michael Garicoits, [5] and to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (f which there is a Latin inscription over the entrance). [2]
The parish was established on 30 October 1919. [1]
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