LARGEST -- Church in Portugal
Posted by: manchanegra
N 39° 37.792 W 008° 40.497
29S E 527895 N 4386727
This is the new church of Fatima Shrine.
Waymark Code: WMC3X5
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 07/22/2011
Views: 19
The so called New Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity it´s a work from the Greek Architect Alexandros Tombazis. It was inaugurated in the 12th Ouctober of 2007, in the 90th aniversary of Fatima visions.
It´s the largest catholic temple in Portugal and 4th largest in the world with an area of 8.633 square meters and a gross volume of 130.000 square meters has the capacity for 9.000 seated worshippers and has no internal comumns.
It was completely payed with the gifts of the pilgrims that visited the shrine over the years. The decoration is inspired in Bizantine and Ortodox . The design is circular outside and square inside. It has 12 side doors (one for each of Christ´s Apostles and one large central door, Christ´s door.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Wikipedia
Location of coordinates: At the main door.
Web Site: [Web Link]
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