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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral ( es, Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción) also called The Cathedral of La Vega, it is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the city of La Vega,
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of La Vega and one of the most important shrines of the Dominican Republic.
The design of the cathedral, located opposite the central park of this city, corresponded to the Dominican architect Pedro Mena Lajara and was inaugurated on February 22, 1992, by the then president of that country Joaquin Balaguer, who handed the keys to the Bishop Monsignor Juan Antonio Flores. Since its inception, this religious monument became a place of choice for both parishioners and devotees of the Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
, as domestic and foreign tourists.
See also
*Roman Catholicism in the Dominican Republic
The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are ...
References
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