Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro y San Eugenio, Montevideo

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora
del Perpetuo Socorro
y San Eugenio
(La Cruz de Carrasco)
Basic information
Location Juan Agazzi 2707
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1951[1]
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architectural description
Architect(s) Horacio Terra Arocena[1]
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Neo-Byzantine

The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Eugene (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro y San Eugenio), popularly known as Iglesia de la Cruz de Carrasco[1] (due to its location at an important crossing in Las Canteras, north-east of Carrasco) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]

There was a small chapel around 1943.[1] The present temple was built in a modern sort of Neo-Byzantine style, roughly resembling Haghia Sophia; designed by the architect Horacio Terra Arocena, it was consecrated in 1951.[1] It is dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and saint Eugene.

The parish was established on 31 December 1949.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "La Cruz de Carrasco". Intendencia de Montevideo. Retrieved 8 May 2013. (Spanish)
  2. 1 2 "Iglesia de la Cruz de Carrasco". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 26 April 2013. (Spanish)


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