I look forward to seeing more articles on this site every week.Liked it? In addition, the church is considered a tourist attraction in the city.This Roman Catholic church is reportedly the largest brick cathedral in the world. And it was installed in the church in 1933.The church has a total 12 confessionals located along the two sides of the church. La Catedral - Photo courtesy of Hans Peter. In addition, there is a crafts fair on the first Saturday of each month in the park.Altarpiece located on the west side of Catedral Basílica MetropolitanaSanta Maria de la Paz (Santa Maria of the peace) in Catedral Basílica MetropolitanaThe church is located about an 8 to 10-minute walk from Also, all the taxi drivers in the city will know where Catedral Basílica Metropolitana is located.This church is normally open in the mornings, as masses are held hourly in the morning. Post by Holly. So, French architect Carlos Carré developed a new design.Carré continued his work until June 1894, leaving much of the central arches and the plans with sufficient guidelines to the builders to use to finish the building.
Also, open-air concerts are held in this park the first three Sundays of each month at 11:15 am. Whether the view is from the top of a BASE object, or from my balcony in Envigado, Colombia. There was additional construction work in the church later to add the altar, pulpit and other ornamental works plus make other changes to the church.Altarpiece of the Tabernacle and of the Heart of Jesus, located on the east side of the churchThe interior of Catedral Basílica Metropolitana is brick with many columns. Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción de María (Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín) is the main church of the Archdiocese of Medellín and is the largest church in the city. The organ was shipped by boat to Colombia and it traveled up the Magdalena River to Puerto Berrio. Thanks again Jeff.Thanks for another great article with great photos of this church. It is located way up in the hills of Envigado.It’s cool you made it to La Catedral, as I didn’t track it down. Archbishop Manuel José Caycedo arrived in 1906 and was linked to completing construction of Catedral Basílica Metropolitana.Finally, the principal construction of the church was completed in 1917. My biggest loves in life are (in order!) Looks like I’ve got that to look forward to when I go back to Medellin.Like the story? For the photo of the week, this is a picture from La Catedral (The Cathedral) which used to be a prison built by Pablo Escobar, and is now a monastery.

And directly south of the land where the church was built is Plaza de Villanueva, which was additional land donated to the city by Moore and was renamed as Parque Bolívar.Construction of the church started in 1875. This neo-Romanesque style church is located in El Centro, directly north of Parque Bolívar.Catedral Basílica Metropolitana is impressive to see. I’m not really in to churches, but history is always interesting. La Catedral was a prison overlooking the city of Medellín, in Colombia.The prison was built to specifications ordered by Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, under a 1991 agreement with the Colombian government in which Escobar would surrender to authorities and serve a maximum term of five full years and the Colombian government would not extradite him to the United States. Most notably, there is a complete list of all the We have looked at a total of 33 beautiful churches in the Medellín metro area and the Aburrá Valley in a series on this website. It is located way up in the hills of Envigado.

Jeff is fortunate to have lived over eight years in Medellín.

And the first mass was held in the church that year. And it opens again for the last mass of the day, which is at 6 pm daily and also at 7 pm on Sundays.In the metropolitan Medellín metro area (Aburrá Valley), there are over 300 Roman Catholic churches.
And it could potentially be added to our In addition, we included Catedral Basílica Metropolitana in our list of the In 1948, Pope Pius XII granted the liturgical title of Basilica Minor to the church. I love life when it's up, and I'm trying harder to love life when it's down as well. It’s worth stopping to see this notable Roman Catholic church if you like old churches.Several of the most notable and beautiful churches in Medellín are located in El Centro like this church. La Catedral prison trek is ideal for a half-day outing into lush jungle, yet right on Medellin’s doorstep.