Cathedral of Florida
The Cathedral Basilica of Florida is the main Roman Catholic church building of Florida, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida since 1956.History
At this place there was originally another, smaller church, the Chapel of Our Lady of Luján of El Pintado, which in 1805 was elevated to parish church..
In 1887 was built the current temple; over its door reads the Latin expression Domus Dei nostri.
Nowadays it is the National Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three ; the image of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, patron saint of Uruguay, is venerated here.
In 1988, during his second pastoral visit to Uruguay, Pope John Paul II visited this cathedral.
