Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana. Flowers in a wedding.

Title

Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana. Flowers in a wedding.

Subject

Arch, dome or vault components
Arch, dome or vault component
Church architecture
Churches (buildings)
Church (building)
General views
General view

Description

"... founded around 1755 and only officially blessed in 1792. The later construction is clear in the baroque façade while an extensive rebuilding in the 1860s transformed the relatively poor church and convent into one of the most richly decorated temples in Cuba – full of paintings by well-known artists and elaborate embellishments. " Description from the Blog of Alina García-Lapuerta - July 10, 2011
"The Our Lady of Mercy Church in Old Havana dates back to the 18th and 19th century and was built by the Mercedario Fathers who immigrated to Cuba from Catalonia. 

Their assets were expropriated by the Medizabal government and expelled from Cuba in 1841. Thus they had to abandon their monumental work, leaving it half finished". Description from Havana Times.org
Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana.
Flowers in a wedding.

Publisher

University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus). School of Architecture Library.

Date

2018-05-08

Rights

© Copyright 2018. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, School of Architecture Library, All Rights Reserved.


Format

JPEG

Language

EN

Type

Image

Coverage

La Habana, Cuba

Original Format

Postcard (Reproduction of the original).

Physical Dimensions

4 x 5 inches or less

Geolocation

Files

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Citation

“Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana. Flowers in a wedding.,” Archimages: Colección Digital Escuela de Arquitectura, accessed May 4, 2024, https://archimages.uprrp.edu/items/show/37.