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Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Reducto, Montevideo

Coordinates: 34°52′28.2″S 56°10′56″W / 34.874500°S 56.18222°W / -34.874500; -56.18222
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Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
(Reducto)
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusParish church
Year consecrated1875
Location
LocationAv. Garibaldi 1667
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Architecture
TypeChurch

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores), popularly known as Iglesia del Reducto (in current times it belongs to the barrio La Figurita, but in the past it was part of Reducto), is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

The parish was established on 20 November 1871.[1]

The present temple was built in 1875 and completed in 1877 [2] and is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.

Same devotion

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There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to the Virgin of Sorrows:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iglesia del Reducto". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "The Church of Reducto". Intendencia de Montevideo. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (in Spanish)

34°52′28.2″S 56°10′56″W / 34.874500°S 56.18222°W / -34.874500; -56.18222