Outside view.

The Basilica of Guadalupe or Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic church located in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Old Basilica of Guadalupe

Old Basilica of Guadalupe.

The Old Basilica of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic building in Monterrey, Nuevo León state, México.[1] It is located in the metropolitan area, just outside the city's downtown.

Francisco de Paula Verea y González de Hermosillo, Bishop of Linares, had a great devotion to the Virgin of Tepeyac. In 1867, he ordered the construction of a small church in her honor. The walls were of ashlar, and there was an oil-on-canvas painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe on the altar. Mass was said out in the open air in front of the church.[2]

In 1895, Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano, bishop of Monterrey replaced the small church with a larger stone structure. The area in front of the church became known as La Plaza de Guadalupe, where vendors would set up stalls during the festival celebrations on December 12. Due to the popularity of the sanctuary, in 1905 the government extended the tram line to the area. In 1930, the plaza was renamed for the poet Salvador Díaz Mirón.[2]

The Old basilica has a 1931 four-manual Wurlitzer.[3] In the 1960s, the sanctuary became a parish church for the Colonia Independencia neighborhood.[2] It is the former center for the Basilica of Guadalupe, by which it was replaced in the latter 20th century by the current Basilica complex. It is smaller than its more modern counterpart, which is barely 50 meters away.

Present basilica

Standing in the neighborhood of Colonia Independencia, just outside the city's downtown area, the temple is one of the larger Church edifices in northern Mexico. It is dedicated to Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of America, who reportedly appeared to St Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill outside Mexico City in 1531.[4]

Temple Interior. The National Flag hangs under the image, as in Mexico City.

Year after year, the church becomes the destination for thousands of the faithful devoted to the Virgin, especially on the days prior to her feast day, December 12. On that date, beginning at the stroke of midnight leading into the 12th, mariachis play and sing traditional songs, or the mañanitas, paying tribute to the Virgin.

Usually, the weeks prior to Our Lady's holiday, pilgrimages are made by peregrinos who arrive praying or chanting, and matachines who dance all the way up to the basilica. They all emerge from various directions to converge onto the church to pray and hear Mass in front of the copy of the image of the Guadalupana. The original is in the Mexico City basilica.

Other Monterrey churches

Other notable Roman Catholic churches in the area are:

  • Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey
  • La Basilica de la Purísima Concepcion - ("La Purisima")
  • Capilla de los Dulces Nombres (the Chapel of the Sweet Names)
  • San Juan Bautista de La Salle
  • Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Roble
  • El Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Basilica of Guadalupe, Monterrey". cityseeker. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  2. 1 2 3 Benavides, Leopoldo Espinosa. "Los Templos de Monterrey. La Basílica de Guadalupe", Editora Regio, February 12, 2019
  3. ↑ Bush, Douglas and Kassel, Richard. The Organ: An Encyclopedia, Psychology Press, 2006, p. 350 ISBN 9780415941747
  4. ↑ "Basílica de Monterrey, templo más importante del Noreste de México". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2023-06-06.

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