Fortaleza Brazil Temple, Latter-day Saints temple in Dunas, Fortaleza, Brazil
The Fortaleza Brazil Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a 10-acre site in the Dunas neighborhood, near the Atlantic Ocean. Its exterior is clad in locally quarried Branco Ceará granite, and a single domed tower rises over 100 feet. Inside are a baptistry, an ordinance room and two sealing rooms, with custom glasswork, carpets and woodwork using Brazilian floral motifs such as orchids and vine patterns.
Thomas S. Monson announced the temple on October 3, 2009, at general conference, together with temples for Brigham City, Concepción, Fort Lauderdale and Sapporo. David A. Bednar presided at the groundbreaking on November 15, 2011, on a 10-acre site on Avenida Santos Dumont in the Dunas neighborhood. The original twin-tower design was rejected for not conforming to the city plan, and redesigned plans were approved in May 2014. Ulisses Soares dedicated the temple on June 2, 2019, as the church's seventh in Brazil and 164th worldwide.
The temple's interior decoration uses custom glasswork, carpets and woodwork with Brazilian floral motifs such as orchids and vine patterns. Its dedication and dedicatory prayer on June 2, 2019, were offered entirely in Portuguese, and the open house drew about 60,000 visitors, among them mayor Roberto Cláudio and governor Camilo Santana.
The temple stands on a 10-acre site on Avenida Santos Dumont in the Dunas neighborhood, near the Atlantic Ocean. A public open house ran from April 27 to May 18, 2019, with Sundays excluded; about 60,000 people toured, among them mayor Roberto Cláudio and governor Camilo Santana.
The original design called for twin towers, but the plan was rejected for not conforming to the city plan, so the temple was redesigned with a single domed tower rising over 100 feet. The tower is topped by a dome, not a statue.
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