Tall and cone-shaped, the modernist Rio de Janeiro Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana de Sao Sebastiao) doesn’t look like a typical church. The unusual design was constructed between 1964 and 1979 by architect Edgar Fonseca. One of Rio’s most important religious structures, it is dedicated to St. Sebastian, the city’s patron saint.
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- Archdiocese of São Sebastião. The cathedral is home to the cathedra of the Archbishops of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- When completed it replaced the 18th century Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Ancient See, as seat of the Archdiocese. rio-de-janeiro-cathedral-4.
- The stained glass that represents the fourth characteristic of the Church – Apostolic – is to the left of who enters the Cathedral Rio de Janeiro.
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- Tall and cone-shaped, the modernist Rio de Janeiro Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana de Sao Sebastiao) doesn’t look like a typical church.
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- Tall and cone-shaped, the modernist Rio de Janeiro Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana de Sao Sebastiao) doesn’t look like a typical church.
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- To Edgar Fonseca, the Rio de Janeiro Cathedral was meant to be more than just another addition to Brazil’s deeply religious culture.
