The Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary ( es, Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario), popularly known as Capilla Maturana, is a

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church building in the neighbourhood of

Bella Vista, Montevideo Bella Vista is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and part of the Capurro / Bella Vista composite barrio, with Artigas Boulevard separating the two. Location Bella Vista shares borders with Capurro to the north wes ...

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. The first church was consecrated in 1923, although the current temple was built two decades later. It is dedicated to

Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Rom ...

and held by the

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, who also run the adjacent private school "San Francisco de Sales". Both the church and the school are known as "Maturana", since this is the name of a nearby street where they were originally located in 1907.Maturana

Same devotion

There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to

: * Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Dominic in

Cordón Cordón is a central '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, located East of the Centro. Its main avenue is 18 de Julio Avenue. History Cordón was the first neighborhood to be created outside the walls of the old Cit ...

Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary ( pt, Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário) is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Its construction began in the late 17th century and was completed in the 1750s, like ...

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* Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Church in Rosario * Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Benedict of Palermo in

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* Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Church in Villa Rodríguez And some temples dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei: * Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei in Piedras Blancas * Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei Parish Church in

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