Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Canela)

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Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
General information
Location	Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Construction started	1953
Completed	1987
Height
Antenna spire	65 m (213 ft)

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Portuguese: Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes), is a Catholic church located in the Brazilian city of Canela, Rio Grande do Sul. It is erroneously known as the Cathedral of Stone (Portuguese: Catedral de Pedra), although the church is not actually a cathedral.^[a] It is considered one of the major tourist attractions of the Serra Gaúcha.

Its characteristic style is English Gothic. The church has a tower with 65 meters high, and a carillon of 12 bells made of bronze by foundry Giacomo Crespi, Italy. In its interior are three panels consisting of painted canvases by the gaucho artist Marciano Schmitz, depicting the "Apparition of Our Lady", the "Allegory of the Angels", and "Annunciation". The paintings of Via Sacra were made by Pablo Herrera, a Uruguayan sculptor and restorer of Sacred Art. Wood and clay were used, with the background painting having superimposed images in clay.^[1]

Its stained glasses represent the litany of Our Lady. The altar, whose theme is the Last Supper, is a work of art carved in by wood Julius Tixe, a Uruguayan sculptor.

• History of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes (in Portuguese)
• Cathedral of Stone Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)

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