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in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Location

The cathedral is located on a block along Boulevard Morazan in San Pedro Sula,Gary Chandler, Liza Prado, ''Honduras & the Bay Islands'',

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/ref> situated between 2 Avenida SE and 3 Avenida SO, with its rear on 2 Calle SE. Next to it is a public park called Parque Central (Honduras), Parque Central.Carolyn McCarthy, Greg Benchwick, Joshua Samuel Brown, Alex Egerton, Matthew D Firestone, Kevin Raub, Tom Spurling, Lucas Vidgen, ''Central America on a shoestring'', Lonely Planet, 2010, p. 36

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History

The cathedral was built in 1949. It was designed in the Mission Revival architecture, Mission Revival architectural style by architect José Francisco Zalazar. It is named for

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. It is one of the main cathedrals in Honduras, where most of the population is Roman Catholic.Christine Zuchora-Walske, ''Honduras in Pictures'', Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twenty-First Century Books, 2009, p. 8

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." It is decorated with hand-carved wooden statues and religious paintings of Saints.

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