The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral ( es, Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción)
also called Granada Cathedral is a
neoclassical Catholic cathedral located in
Granada, Nicaragua, southeast of
Managua. The church is the main temple of the
Diocese of Granada, and its bishop is Jorge Solórzano Pérez.
The first cathedral temple was built around 1525 with tapicel and rafaz stone, brick, lime and straw roof. By 1578, the church had already been burned twice. Seven years later, in 1585, it started to become known colloquially as "La Iglesia Bonita," or "The Beautiful Church." The second temple was completed in about 1751 with lime, stone, and brick.
In 1916, the iron frame intended for the central dome was brought from the
United States, only three years after the Diocese of Granada was created by the Roman Catholic Church.
The cathedral has a total area of .
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Nicaragua
The Catholic Church in Nicaragua is the Nicaraguan part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, curia in Rome, and the Conference of Nicaraguan Bishops.
There are 2,452,985 Catholics in Nicaragua- approxima ...
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Nicaragua
Granada, Nicaragua
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1972
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Nicaragua
Neoclassical architecture in Nicaragua