Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Girardota, Cathedral in Girardota, Colombia

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral is a Neo-Romanesque church of solid exposed brick on the eastern side of Girardota's main park. French architect Charles Émile Carré designed it, and construction took 32 years. Its interior is covered with stamped brass ceiling panels painted in local colours.

Bishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo commissioned plans from French architect Carlos Carré in 1880, and the first stone was blessed on 10 March 1890. Worship moved into the unfinished church on 27 November 1910, and in 1988 Pope John Paul II elevated it to cathedral rank with the bull Qui Peculiari, creating the Diocese of Girardota.

The image of the Fallen Lord of Girardota is a polychrome wooden carving from the Quito school, with a metal mask on the face. It stands in the main altarpiece of the side nave, long called the Door of Forgiveness, and is carried in Holy Week processions. Pilgrims come to fulfil promises, crediting the image with hundreds of miracles.

The cathedral is open on Sundays for services and on weekdays for prayer and visits. Visitors should dress modestly and keep noise to a minimum, as the building remains an active place of worship.

After a 1979 earthquake, engineers added concrete reinforcements inside the walls without touching the original brick or arches. This approach meant the exterior appearance of the building stayed exactly as it was before.