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The Museum of Sacred Art of São Paulo (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo) a museum dedicated to the collection and display of sacred art of Brazil. [1] [2] It is located in the Luz neighborhood of São Paulo in the left wing of the Luz Monastery, a religious institution founded in 1774 by Frei Galvão. The monastery is the only ...
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Assis; Cathedral of St. Therese in Bacabal; Cathedral of St. Sebastian in Bagé; Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Barra; Cathedral of Our Lady of Guidance in Barra do Garças; Cathedral of St. Ann in Barra do Piraí; Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Barreiras; Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in ...
Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples. Many cultures devoted considerable resources to their sacred ...
The first sacred buildings of any importance in Brazil were erected in the second half of the 16th century. Their construction was justified with the development of some populated settlement, as in the cases of Olinda and Salvador. The simplest ones used the wattle and daub technique and covered by palm fronds. Catholic missionaries were ...
Latin America portal; Brazil portal; Catholicism portal; Architecture portal; The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Assumption and Saint Paul [1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo), also known as the See Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral da Sé), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil.
The second special genre, the de roca statues, were also sacred in nature and shared a common purpose with the missionary art, as both were didactic. Manipulated by puppeteers in plays of a sacred character, they were instrumental in exciting piety in the people, enhancing the dramatic effect of the play.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral [1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus) or Londrina Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church in the center of the city of Londrina, [2] in northern Paraná state in the South American country of Brazil. [3]
The Parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Portuguese: Igreja Matriz do Sagrado Coração de Jesus) is an 18-century Roman Catholic church in Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil. It was the second church built in Laranjeiras, following the Church of Our Lady of the Conception of Comandaroba , which was built by the Jesuits in the early 18th ...