Cathedral of Maringá
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Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória (or simply Catedral de Maringá Cathedral of Maringá) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in downtown Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, reaching Script error: No such module "convert". in height. It was completed in 1972 and is the tallest church building in the Americas and the 18th tallest in the world.[1]
Architect José Augusto Bellucci was inspired by the Soviet Sputnik satellites when he designed the cathedral's modernist, conical shape. The design was idealized by the archbishop Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho.
The foundation stone, a piece of marble from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome blessed by Pope Pius XII, was laid on 15 August 1958. The church was built from July 1959 until 10 May 1972, the 25th anniversary of the city.
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- Roman Catholic cathedrals in Paraná (state)
- Religious buildings and structures in Paraná (state)
- Maringá
- Modernist architecture in Brazil
- Basilica churches in Brazil
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1972
- Towers in Brazil
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Brazil