Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Estación Atlántida

Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes
Basic information
Location Estación Atlántida,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1960
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architect(s) Eladio Dieste
Architectural type Church

The Church of Christ the Worker and Our Lady of Lourdes (Spanish: Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes), also known simply as Iglesia de Estación Atlántida, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Estación Atlántida, Uruguay.[1]

The temple is dedicated to Christ the Worker and Our Lady of Lourdes.[2] This building constitutes a renowned architectural landmark, it was built in 1958-60 by engineer-architect Eladio Dieste. It is architecturally striking, described as "a simple rectangle, with side walls rising up in undulating curves to the maximum amplitude of their arcs"; the material is a very simple brickwork, which conforms an interesting reinforced ceramics structure.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cristo Obrero". Diocese of Canelones. Retrieved 11 May 2013. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Iglesia Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Ching, Frank; Jarzombek, Mark; Prakash, Vikramaditya (2007). A global history of architecture. J. Wiley & Sons. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-471-26892-5. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
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