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Iglesia de San Agustín Location: Arturo Prat 690, La Serena ... Chile. History. The original church dates from 1672 and was built by the Society of Jesus.
The Church of San Francisco (Spanish, Iglesia de San Francisco), located on one side of the Plaza de Armas of Castro, Chile, is the main Catholic church of Chiloé’s capital. This 1912 building has a surface area of 1,404 m 2, a width of 52 m and a height of 27 m. The dome above the church's presbytery is 32 m high and the height of its ...
Iglesia de San Agustín — Our Lady of Grace, commonly known as Church of St Augustine or Templo de San Agustín, [1] is owned by the Order of Saint Augustine. It is a Catholic church , located at the southeast corner of Agustinas and Estado streets, in downtown Santiago , Chile .
It was designed by the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli, who had led the construction of the Iglesia de la Recoleta Dominica and the Iglesia de las Agustinas. [1] The foundation stone was laid on 15 December 1867. [3] The construction was stopped and Chelli abandoned the church project in 1872. Three naves were built in clay brick masonry. [1]
A view of the present facade of San Francisco Church in Santiago, Chile. The San Francisco Church (Spanish: Iglesia de San Francisco) is a Franciscan church on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, in the downtown of Santiago de Chile. The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era buildings in the ...
The Iglesia y convento de la Recoleta Dominica is a church and convent in Recoleta, Santiago de Chile. The church and convent were declared as a National Monument in 1974. [ 1 ]
The Iglesia de Santo Domingo is a Catholic church at 235 Gregorio Cordovez Street, between Manuel Antonio Matta and Pedro Pablo Muñoz streets, in the historic quarter of La Serena, Chile. It was declared a National Monument of Chile on May 16, 2001. [1] It is one of the five colonial churches built of stone in the city.
The origins of the church go back to 1563 when the Franciscan Order arrived in La Serena. [1] The construction of the present church began in 1590. [1] It was built by Fray Francisco Medina, Juan Carbero and Francisco Román using limestone quarried from Peñuelas Alto and wood from Fray Jorge Forest. [1]