The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (french: cathédrale de l'Immaculée-Conception d'Antananarivo, mg, Katedraly Andohalo) is a religious building that serves as a Catholic cathedral located in the district of Antananarivo Renivohitra in the region of Analamanga, specifically in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
, the capital of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
It is located in the area of Andohalo in the upper town (haute ville), the facade facing the city center to the west. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Antananarivo (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Antananarivensis'').
History
Its construction began in 1873 and was completed in 1890 with a design in Gothic style.
Architecture
The cathedral is built in the
gothic revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Madagascar
The Catholic Church in Madagascar is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
About one quarter of the population of Madagascar is Catholic – about four million adherents in total. There are 21 ...
References
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Madagascar
Buildings and structures in Antananarivo
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1890
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Madagascar
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