Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral

Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral, also called Camaguey Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Camaguey, Cuba, positioned in Ignacio Agramonte Park. The building turned into built inside the early eighteenth century, however has been rebuilt several instances. The present day appearance of the cathedral is the result of labor performed in 1864. After Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, numerous donations for the renovation of the cathedral have been completed, which these days is in very good circumstance. The church is dedicated to the purchaser saint of the city, the Virgen de l. A. Candelaria.

The most striking characteristic is the big bell tower, crowned with a statue of Christ. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Camaguey which became raised to its modern popularity in 1998 by way of the bull "Maiori spirituali". The cathedral is part of the ancient middle of Camaguey, a UNESCO global history web page for the reason that 2008. In January 2014 Pope Francis also conferred on it the title of teenage basilica.