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St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral
Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol
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LocationBuga
Country Colombia
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral[1] (Template:Lang-es) Also Buga Cathedral Is a Catholic cathedral located in Guadalajara de Buga[2] (Valle del Cauca) in the South American country of Colombia,[3][4] built under the invocation of the Apostle Simon Peter, which is the seat of the bishop of Buga, being the largest church of the homonymous diocese. It is located in a corner, at the junction of 6th Street (Main Church Street or 7 August) with Carrera 15 (Bolivar Street), in Zone 1 (Foundational Area) of the Historical Center of Buga, in The south side of the José María Cabal Park, three blocks from the Lesser Basilica of the Lord of Miracles.

The floor of the nave is separated from the wooden pillars. On the right nave there is the stone baptismal font and the main altar, the work of the payanese Sebastián Usiña, covered in gold and silver leaflets.

The church that is currently the cathedral belonged to the Jesuits, but when they were expelled, the church was abandoned, which was enlarged and ornamented over the years, was destroyed in 1766 due to a seismic movement. Nine years later, with the financial help of the King of Spain, it was rebuilt; Reconstruction that was terminated on December 30, 1781, and then restored in the twentieth century. With the creation of the Diocese of Buga, it was elevated to the rank of cathedral

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References

  1. ^ Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Buga
  2. ^ Sánchez, Edgar Toro (2000-01-01). El liderazgo de Rafael Uribe Uribe y la modernización de la nación y el estado (in Spanish). Teleobjetivo Editores.
  3. ^ Uribe, Julián Uribe; Sánchez, Edgar Toro (1994-01-01). Memorias de Julián Uribe Uribe (in Spanish). Banco de la República. ISBN 9789586640107.
  4. ^ Maya, Bernardo Restrepo (1990-01-01). Colombia, qué linda eres! (in Spanish). Educar Cultural Recreativa. ISBN 9789580503323.

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