Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral

Buenos Aires
Metropolitan Cathedral
Buenos Aires ; Metropolitan Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de la Santísima Trinidad de Buenos Aires
	Main façade of the cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (since 1822)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Year consecrated	1779 (as Cathedral)
Location
Municipality	Buenos Aires
Geographic coordinates	34°36′27″S 58°22′24″W / 34.607408°S 58.373277°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Antonio Masella (1752); Prosper Catelin & Pedro Benoit (1822); Enrique Alberg (1877);
Style	Spanish Colonial Neoclassical
Date established	1593 (first chapel)
Groundbreaking	1754
Completed	1822
Direction of façade	San Martín 27
Website
	catedralprimadabue.com

The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, officially called Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Santísima Trinidad de Buenos Aires), is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[3]

It is located in the city center, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia streets, in the San Nicolás neighbourhood. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the primatial church of Argentina since 1822.^[1] The cathedral was declared National Historic Monument in 1942.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Catedral Metropolitana at Caba.city
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Catedral Metropolitana on the GCBA
^ ^a ^b Catedral Metropolitana on Argentina.gob.ar

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