Santo Domingo de Soriano, Villa Soriano

Santo Domingo de Soriano
Basic information
Location Villa Soriano,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Chapel
Architectural type Church

The Chapel of Saint Dominic Soriano (Spanish: Capilla de Santo Domingo de Soriano) is a Roman Catholic church building in Villa Soriano, Soriano Department, Uruguay.[1]

History

Santo Domingo Soriano was one of the oldest European settlements in the colonial Banda Oriental (1624) and it had a very humble chapel back then. The present temple was built much later, but nevertheless it constitutes a historic landmark. It features the only articulated image of Christ in Uruguay.[2]

This chapel is annex to the Parish of Dolores.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Churches in Soriano". Diocese of Mercedes. Retrieved 21 May 2013. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Church of Villa Soriano (Spanish)
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