Igreja Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho, Neo-Gothic church on Morro do Seminário, Cuiabá, Brazil
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho is a neo-Gothic church on the Morro do Seminário, beside the Seminário da Conceição. The present building was begun in 1918 under Dom Francisco de Aquino Correia, archbishop of Cuiabá and state president at the time. It is listed as state heritage (1977) and reopened in 2004 after renovation.
A church dedicated to Our Lady stood on this hilltop site from the 18th century, one of the first raised in Cuiabá. The current building was begun in 1918 under Dom Francisco de Aquino Correia, then state president and archbishop of Cuiabá. It was listed as state heritage in 1977 and reopened in 2004 after renovation.
The church is dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho, a devotion brought from Portugal. It stands beside the Seminário da Conceição on Morro do Seminário, and the hill and church together form a landmark associated with the city's Catholic institutions.
The building sits at the highest point of the hill and remains visible from many parts of the city. Access is best approached through the Dom Aquino neighborhood.
The church was listed as a state heritage site in 1977 and reopened in 2004 after a renovation. It stands beside the Seminário da Conceição on the Morro do Seminário, the hill that gives the seminary its name.
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