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Iglesia de la Recoleta Dominica

The Iglesia y convento de la Recoleta Dominica is a church and convent in Recoleta, Santiago de Chile. The church and convent were declared as a National Monument in 1974.

History

The construction of the first church began in 1750, in La Chimba, a district that originally not considered part of the city of Santiago, located immediately north of the Mapocho River.

By the mid-1800s, the steady increase in parishioners motivated plans for an expansion of the church and improvements to its decor. A new main altar was designed by Eusebio Chelli, who, due to the high quality of his work, was commissioned to design a new church.

The church was opened in 1882.

Architecture

The church was inspired by the design of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and boasts sixty Carrara marble columns.

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