viernes, 26 de junio de 2009

La Basilica del Señor de Los milagros

The Minor Basilica of the Señor de Los Milagros is a Colombian Catholic minor basilica located in Guadalajara de Buga (Valle del Cauca). It is located in Zone 4 Buga Historic Center, three blocks from the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, cathedral of the Diocese of Buga, and one of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, also belonging to the diocese.

The first stone of the building was blessed by Monsignor Ortiz, Archbishop of Popayán, in which event the President of the United States of Colombia, Rafael Nuñez, also participated. The construction took fifteen years, in which case, among others, the War of a Thousand Days. On August 2, 1907, the temple was opened, and June 23, 1937 Pope Pius XI granted him the title of basilica minor (by Cardinal Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII) .

The church is 33 m and 80 m long and has a French clock installed March 18, 1909.

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