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Nuestra Señora del Líbano, Montevideo

The Church of Our Lady of Lebanon (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano) is a Maronite (Eastern Catholic) parish church in the neighbourhood of Sayago, Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay has a strong presence of Lebanese immigrants and their offspring. In 1888, some of them asked the Roman Catholic bishop Inocencio María Yéregui for permission to have their own sacraments celebrated by a Maronite priest. Since 19…

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1929

Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Eladio Dieste

1917-2000 · Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

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Eladio Dieste was a Uruguayan engineer whose thin-shell masonry work across churches, factories, silos, and markets reshaped the possibilities of reinforced brick.

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Eladio Dieste

studio · Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Role: designer

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