Mar del Plata Cathedral

Mar del Plata Cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Cecilia
Catedral de los Santos Pedro y Cecilia
37°59′57″S 57°32′57″W / 37.99917°S 57.54917°W / -37.99917; -57.54917Coordinates: 37°59′57″S 57°32′57″W / 37.99917°S 57.54917°W / -37.99917; -57.54917
Location Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Country Argentina
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website http://www.catedralmardelplata.org.ar
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Pedro Benoit
Style Neogothic
Groundbreaking 1893
Completed 1905
Specifications
Length 67 meters (220 ft)
Width 20 meters (66 ft)
Number of spires 1
Spire height 60 meters (200 ft)
Bells 5
Administration
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata

The Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Cecilia (Spanish: Basílica Catedral de los Santos Pedro y Cecilia) is a Roman Catholic church building in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Built in Neogothic style, it is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and St. Cecilia.

Declared a Minor Basilica by Pius XI in 1924, upon the creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata in 1957 it became its Cathedral church.[1]

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