The Basilica of Santa Capilla ( es, Basílica Menor Santa Capilla) It is a Roman Catholic basilica in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
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Venezuela
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located at the corner of Santa Capilla on Avenida Urdaneta.
It is located in the historic center of the city, in the Cathedral Parish of Libertador Municipality. On February 16, 1979 was declared a National Historic Landmark.
Its construction was ordered by President Antonio Guzman Blanco in 1883, to the architect Juan Hurtado Manrique, with reference to the Sainte Chapelle in Paris. The new church of Santa Capilla replaced the old hermitage of San Sebastián that had been erected in 1568 and then dedicated to Saint Maurice in 1640, but only a year later is destroyed by an earthquake in 1667 it rebuilds the church with elements simple as wood and bricks. In 1812 another earthquake almost completely destroyed the church beginning its reconstruction.
In 1921 an expansion that included two aisles is made, and the August 5, 1926 is designated as Minor Basilica by
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
. Inside the basilica they are buried some people.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
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Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Coromoto
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Coromoto ( es, Basílica Menor Santuario Nacional Nuestra Señora de Coromoto) is a minor Basilica and National Shrine dedicated in honor of Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela is 25 kilom ...
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Basilica of St. Teresa
The Basilica of St. Teresa ( es, Basílica de Santa Teresa) It is one of the most important Catholic churches in Caracas, capital of Venezuela. It is the main center of veneration of the image of the Nazarene in San Pablo Easter, is located on the ...
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Basilica churches in Venezuela
Roman Catholic churches in Caracas
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1883
Roman Catholic shrines in Venezuela
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Venezuela