The Sagrario Cathedral (in Spanish: Catedral El Sagrario), also known as Rancagua Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in Rancagua, Chile. It has been declared historic preservation building (in Spanish: Inmueble de Conservación Histórica).[1]
The first temple was built in 1550, by the initiative of the Bishop of Santiago de Chile, Diego de Medellín. It was damaged by the Battle of Rancagua in 1814.
The current cathedral was designed by French architect Juan Herbage in 1861, and it was finished in 1876. The temple was damaged in the 2010 Chile earthquake,[2] and it was closed for reparations until April 21, 2011.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Rancagua (PRC publicado D.O. 25-09-1990)". patrimoniourbano.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Vergara, Bárbara (28 February 2010). "Goic oficia misa en la Plaza de Los Héroes y señala que "la Iglesia no ha muerto"". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Reinauguración de la Catedral de Rancagua". Última Hora. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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