Cathedral of Maringá

Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória
Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Archdiocese of Maringá
Year consecrated	1959
Location
Location	Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Geographic coordinates	23°25′35″S 51°56′18″W / 23.42639°S 51.93833°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	José Augusto Bellucci
Type	church
Completed	1972
Specifications
Capacity	4,500
Height (max)	124 m (407 ft.)
Website
	http://www.arquimaringa.org.br

Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória (or simply Catedral de Maringá Cathedral of Maringá) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in downtown Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, reaching 124 m in height. It was completed in 1972 and is the tallest church building in the Americas and the 18th tallest in the world.^[1]

Architect José Augusto Bellucci was inspired by the Soviet Sputnik satellites when he designed the cathedral's modernist, conical shape. The design was idealized by the archbishop Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho.

The foundation stone, a piece of marble from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome blessed by Pope Pius XII, was laid on 15 August 1958. The church was built from July 1959 until 10 May 1972, the 25th anniversary of the city.

Gallery

References

^ "Maringá and its historical heritage: A case study on the cathedral of the Assumption". Acta Scientiarum Technology. doi:10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i4.11063.

External links

Cathedral of Maringá Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
SkyscraperPage.com
Programa Meu Paraná, part one
Programa Meu Paraná, part two
Programa Meu Paraná, part three

This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article on a Catholic cathedral is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Maringá and its historical heritage: A case study on the cathedral of the Assumption". Acta Scientiarum Technology. doi:10.4025/actascitechnol.v35i4.11063.

[1]