Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral

The Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Roman Catholic church of Montevideo, and seat of its archdiocese. It is located right in front of the Cabildo across Constitution Square, in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Vieja.

Photo: Nicolas Barriola, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday 3:00 PM—6:00 PM
Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: Roman Catholic cathedral in Montevideo, Uruguay
Also known as: “Catedral Metropolitana” and “Metropolitan Basilica Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and San Felipe and Santiago”
Address: 1373 Ituzaingó, Montevideo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo Gurvich and Constitution Square.

Museo Gurvich

Museum

Photo: Bearian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museo Gurvich is an art museum in Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to preserving the art of José Gurvich, an important Constructivist painter, founded in 2001. It opened to the public in 2005.

Constitution Square

Square

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Plaza de la Constitución, also known as Plaza Matriz, is the oldest city square in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in barrio Ciudad Vieja, since 1726 was the plaza mayor of the Fortress City of San Felipe and Santiago of Montevideo, in which it was the only open public space.

Andes Museum 1972

Museum

Photo: Mevrob, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Andes Museum 1972 is located in The Old City in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. Andes Museum 1972 is situated 190 metres northeast of Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad Vieja and Barrio Sur.

Ciudad Vieja

Suburb

Photo: Eduardo Ruggieri, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ciudad Vieja is a barrio in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the entrance of the natural port of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire.

Barrio Sur

Suburb

Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY 3.0.

Barrio Sur is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Ciudad Vieja to the west, Centro to the north, Palermo to the east and the coastline to the south.

Montevideo

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.

Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral

Categories: Catholic cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude

-34.90708° or 34° 54′ 26″ south

Longitude

-56.2044° or 56° 12′ 16″ west

Elevation

31 metres (102 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

48Q53QVW+56

OpenStreetMap ID

way 116767301

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=cathedral

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

GeoNames ID

7840055

Wikidata ID

Q1050600

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral” goes by many names.

Arabic: “كاتدرائية محافظه مونتيفيديو”
Arabic: “كاتدرائية مونتفيديو الكبرى”
Catalan: “Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo”
Chinese: “蒙得維的亞都會天主教堂”
Croatian: “Metropolitanska katedrala u Montevideu”
Danish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo”
Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه مونتفيديو الكبرى”
French: “Cathedrale metropolitaine de Montevideo”
French: “cathédrale métropolitaine de Montevideo”
French: “Cathédrale métropolitaine de montevideo”
French: “Cathédrale métropolitaine de Montevideo”
French: “Cathédrale Métropolitaine De Montevideo”
German: “Kathedrale von Montevideo”
Indonesian: “Katedral Montevideo”
Italian: “cattedrale metropolitana di Montevideo”
Italian: “Cattedrale metropolitana di Montevideo”
Persian: “کلیسای جامع متروپولیتن مونته‌ویدئو”
Polish: “Katedra metropolitarna w Montevideo”
Portuguese: “Catedral de Montevidéu”
Portuguese: “Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideu”
Portuguese: “Catedral Metropolitana de Montevidéu”
Portuguese: “Igreja Matriz de Montevidéu”
Russian: “Кафедральный собор Монтевидео”
Russian: “Собор Непорочного зачатия и Святых Филиппа и Якова”
Spanish: “Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago”
Spanish: “Catedral de Montevideo”
Spanish: “Catedral metropolitana de montevideo”
Spanish: “Catedral metropolitana de Montevideo”
Spanish: “Iglesia Matriz de Montevideo”
Tagalog: “Metropolitanong Katedral ng Montevideo”
Ukrainian: “Кафедральний собор Монтевідео”
Ukrainian: “Собор Непорочного Зачаття Пресвятої Діви Марії і Святих Пилипа і Якова”

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