San Miguel Garicoits, Montevideo

Iglesia de San Miguel Garicoits (Iglesia de los Vascos)
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Year consecrated	1870
Location
Location	Julio Herrera y Obes 1431 Montevideo,  Uruguay
Architecture
Architect(s)	Víctor Rabú
Type	Church
Direction of façade	East

The Church of Saint Michael Garicoits (Spanish: Iglesia de San Miguel Garicoits), popularly known as Iglesia de los Vascos (Spanish for "the church of the Basque people") is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

History

The origins of this temple date back to 1856, when the first Betharram Fathers arrived.[2] An important part of the social and religious life of Basque immigrants was linked with this church for decades; services were held in Euskera back then.[3] The church, designed by French architect Víctor Rabú in eclectic historicist style,[4] was consecrated in 1870.[2]

It is dedicated to their founder, St. Michael Garicoits,[5] and to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (f which there is a Latin inscription over the entrance).[2]

The parish was established on 30 October 1919.[1]

References

1. "San Miguel Garicoits". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
2. "The Church of the Basque". Retrieved 1 May 2013. (in Spanish)
3. "Basque studies in Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2013. (in Spanish)
4. "Historicist fervor". EL PAIS. 13 April 2003. (in Spanish)
5. "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)

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