Cathedral of Maringá

The Catedral de Maringá or Cathedral de Nossa Senhora da Glória Roman Catholic Church in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. She's Minor Basilica and Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese of Maringá.

The cathedral is 124 meters high, the tallest church in South America and was completed in 1972. Architect José Augusto Bellucci was inspired in his design by the Soviet Sputnik satellite. At an outside height of 114 meters and ten meters high tower cross the internal height of the cathedral is 84 meters. The church can accommodate with an outer diameter of 50 meters and an inner diameter of 38 meters 4500 believers. The seven-meter- high wooden crucifix created Conrado Moser.

The foundation stone of the cathedral, a piece of marble from the St. Peter's Basilica was laid on August 15, 1958, and before. Pope Pius XII blessed in Rome. The church was built between July 1959 and May 10, 1972 the 25th anniversary of the city of Maringá, built. On January 21, 1982, the Cathedral of Pope John Paul II to the minor basilica was raised.

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• Roman Catholic Cathedral in Brazil
• Minor Basilica
• Building in Paraná
• Religion ( Paraná )
• Built in the 1970s
• Maringá