The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción) also called Cienfuegos Cathedral is a Catholic church is located opposite the Martí Park in the city of Cienfuegos[2] in the province of the same name on the Caribbean island nation of Cuba.[3]
Its parish archives date back to 1819 when the city was founded, at that time it belonged to Yagua and Guano. The original building was completed in 1833 during the Spanish colonization, but expansions and improvements occurred in 1850, between 1852 and 1861, between 1866 and 1869 and between 1869 and 1875. It became an official cathedral in on February 20, 1903, following the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother of the Diocese of Cienfuegos (Dioecesis Centumfocencis) that was created by Pope Leo XIII by the apostolic brief "Actum praeclare".
The cathedral is part of the Historic Centre of Cienfuegos and, along with other historic buildings in the city center, was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005, because of its outstanding Neoclassical architecture.[4][5]
^Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
^Pérez, Louis A.; Scott, Rebecca Jarvis. The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 9780822970736.
^"Catedral De La Purisima Concepcion, Cienfuegos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Cent Lámina fotográfica por Ben Pipe en AllPosters.es". allposters.es. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^"Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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