The St. Lawrence Cathedral ( es, Catedral de San Lorenzo) Also Duitama Cathedral Is a religious temple of the Catholic Church under the invocation of St. Lawrence (''San Lorenzo''), is located in the central zone of the city of
Duitama
Duitama () is a city and municipality in the department of Boyacá. It is the capital of the Tundama Province. Duitama is located northeast of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia and northeast of Tunja, the capital Boyacá. Duitama has ex ...
in the South American country of
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and belongs to the great group of temples that are in the center of the city; In the case of the cathedral, in front of the Park of the Liberators. The cathedral belongs to the Duitama-Sogamoso Diocese.
The temple in carved limestone is composed of two aisles and a central one. It has a cross shape, has two chapels, one corresponds to the baptistery and the other is dedicated to the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There are five altars:
*The St. Lawrence patron of the Cathedral
*The Child God the patron of Duitama
*The High Altar
*the Blessed Sacrament Chapel Altar
*the Solio Altar
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Colombia
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St. Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Colombia
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1953
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Colombia