Sacred places in Uruguay: temples, churches, shrines and mosques

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Catholicism · Montevideo · 1790 (đặt đá móng), thánh hiến năm 1804Montevideo Metropolitan CathedralCatedral Metropolitana de Montevideo, Basílica Metropolitana, Iglesia Matriz, Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago, Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral

The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo in the historic Ciudad Vieja district, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and to Saints Philip and James, patron saints of the city. Its foundation stone was laid in 1790 and the church was consecrated in 1804 in Spanish Neoclassical style with three naves of equal height and a dome over a circular drum. Declared a National Historic Monument of Uruguay in 1975.

National Historic Monument (Monumento Histórico Nacional, Uruguay, 1975)Góc Sarandí và Ituzaingó, trước Plaza Matriz (Plaza Constitución), Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo

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Protestantism · Montevideo Department (Montevideo) · Đặt viên đá đầu tiên ngày 1 tháng 1 năm 1844 trên pháo đài biển Cubo del Sur và thánh hiến tháng 5 năm 1845 theo thỉnh nguyện của Đề đốc Hải quân Hoàng gia Anh John Brett Purvis và Lãnh sự Thomas Samuel Hood giữa cuộc Đại Phong tỏa Montevideo; năm 1934 tới năm 1936 được tháo dỡ khi mở đại lộ Rambla Sur và phục dựng nguyên mẫu tân cổ điển Hy Lạp, La Mã tại số 522 phố ReconquistaHoly Trinity Anglican Church, MontevideoCatedral Anglicana de la Santisima Trinidad de Montevideo, Templo Ingles de Montevideo, Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity Montevideo

The oldest Anglican and Protestant sanctuary in Uruguay, standing along the southern waterfront of Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo; originally erected in 1844 to 1845 atop the historic Cubo del Sur sea bastion in Greco-Roman temple style and faithfully reconstructed a few meters inland on Calle Reconquista between 1934 and 1936, it serves today as the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Uruguay and a National Historic Monument.

National Historic Monument of Uruguay (Monumento Historico Nacional, designated 1975), First Non-Catholic Church Built in Uruguay (1844 to 1845), and Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of UruguayCalle Reconquista 522 facing the Rambla Sur, Ciudad Vieja (Old City), Montevideo, Uruguay

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Judaism · Montevideo Department (Montevideo) · Các cộng đoàn Do Thái Sefaradí di cư từ đảo Rhodes, Izmir, Istanbul, Syria và Bắc Phi đến Khu phố cổ Montevideo từ khoảng năm 1907 tới năm 1912; hợp nhất thành Cộng đồng Do Thái Sefaradí Uruguay ngày 20 tháng 3 năm 1932 và khánh thành đại giáo đường Beth Israel tại số 234 phố Buenos Aires năm 1956 lấy cảm hứng từ Giáo đường Kahal Shalom trên đảo RhodesSephardic Synagogue of Old City, MontevideoTemplo Sefaradi Beth Israel de Montevideo, Sinagoga de la Comunidad Israelita Sefaradi del Uruguay, Beth Israel Sephardic Synagogue Ciudad Vieja

The historic central sanctuary (Templo Beth Israel) of the Sephardic Jewish Community of Uruguay on Calle Buenos Aires in Montevideo's Old City (Ciudad Vieja), established by Sephardic immigrants from Rhodes, Izmir, Istanbul, and the Mediterranean who settled around the port in the early twentieth century, unified their community in 1932, and inaugurated this monumental domed synagogue in 1956.

Historic Mother Synagogue of the Sephardic Jewish Community of Uruguay (Comunidad Israelita Sefaradi del Uruguay, founded 1932, sanctuary inaugurated 1956) and Architectural Landmark of Montevideo's Old CityCalle Buenos Aires 234 (between Perez Castellano and Maciel), Ciudad Vieja (Old City), Montevideo, Uruguay

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Catholicism · Canelones Department (Estacion Atlantida) · Khởi dựng từ tháng 3 năm 1958 tới tháng 7 năm 1960 do bậc thầy kỹ sư kiêm kiến trúc sư người Uruguay Eladio Dieste (1917 tới 2000) thiết kế và trực tiếp chỉ huy thi công bằng kỹ thuật gốm chịu lực có cốt thép (cerámica armada) với tường gạch uốn lượn hình conoid và mái vòm kép Gauss không cột trụ; được UNESCO ghi danh Di sản Thế giới năm 2021Church of Christ the Worker and Our Lady of Lourdes, AtlántidaIglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Senora de Lourdes de Estacion Atlantida, The Work of Engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlantida

A UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of modern sacred architecture and structural engineering in Estacion Atlantida, Canelones Department, Uruguay, designed and built between 1958 and 1960 by visionary Uruguayan engineer Eladio Dieste using reinforced structural brickwork (ceramica armada) to create undulating conoid walls, a column-free Gaussian double-curved brick vault, an openwork cylindrical bell tower, and a subterranean baptistery.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed July 2021 as 'The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlantida') and National Historic Monument of Uruguay (1998)Ruta 11 Km 164, Estacion Atlantida, Canelones Department, Uruguay

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Catholicism · Colonia Department (Colonia del Sacramento) · Khởi thủy là nhà nguyện vách đất mái tranh do Thống đốc Bồ Đào Nha Dom Manuel Lobo và các tu sĩ Phanxicô dựng tháng 2 năm 1680 khi lập thương điếm Colônia do Santíssimo Sacramento; xây dựng lại bằng đá tảng và vôi vữa năm 1699 tới năm 1704 dưới thời Thống đốc Sebastião da Veiga Cabral; trùng tu tân cổ điển năm 1808 tới năm 1841 sau vụ sét đánh nổ kho thuốc súng năm 1823 và sau sự cố năm 1857; được UNESCO công nhận Di sản Thế giới năm 1995Basilica of the Blessed Sacrament, Colonia del SacramentoBasilica del Santisimo Sacramento de Colonia del Sacramento, Igreja Matriz do Santissimo Sacramento, Oldest Church in Uruguay

The oldest Christian parish church in Uruguay, dominating the Plaza de Armas in the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento on the Rio de la Plata; founded in February 1680 by Portuguese governor Dom Manuel Lobo, rebuilt in massive stone masonry between 1699 and 1704, and restored in the nineteenth century with twin whitewashed Neoclassical bell towers framing its surviving eighteenth-century Portuguese colonial walls.

Oldest Church in Uruguay (founded 1680), Papal Minor Basilica (elevated 1997), and Centerpiece of the Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed 1995)Calle Vasconcellos facing Plaza de Armas, Barrio Historico, Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia Department, Uruguay

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24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
29/09/2026Officially opened the doors of Hall of Myriad Paths to readers worldwide as a living spiritual library that grows every day. On the same day, authored 60 new Stage A sacred place monographs across 60 countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the Balkans, the Gulf, Central Asia, European microstates, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean (including Roskilde Cathedral, Hallgrímskirkja, the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Ostrog Monastery, Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too, Old Orhei, the Temple in the Sea and Ambohimanga), while verifying and publishing 59 openly licensed photographs for the second and third batches.

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