Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe - Ponce - 2014 00017

Description

View of the interior of the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe located in the coastal city of Ponce. The cathedral has two levels made of masonry and brick with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. The interior is divided in three naves, the middle nave has two wooden benches rows where you can distinguish people. In addition, the ceiling is ribbed vault with four sections highlighted with glass hanging lamps. It also has semicircular windows made of stained glass under which there is a continuous entablature. In the background you can distinguish the altar presided by a balustrade and decorated with a table on which there are candlesticks and on the background wall an altarpiece. The middle nave is flanked by semicircular arches arcades framed with moldings and supported with triple columns. The beginning of the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe dates back to 1670 when it was just a royal palm chapel, it was closed in 1820 due to the bad conditions of the building. The start of the current church construction dates back to 1835 and it was inaugurated in 1839. Nonetheless, the 1918 earthquake destroyed both towers which is the reason why it had to be rebuilt with a new design between 1918 and 1937. Years later, in 1984 it was included in the National Register of Historic Places. Subsequently, it was restored again in 1992.

Origin Name	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe - Ponce - 2014 00017
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2014
Descriptive Notes	Original name of provenience and the title were assigned by the Project Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage (PRAHA). The general description contains information took from the official Facebook page of Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
Colaborador	Gardón Vega, Francisco (1891 - 1938) - Diseñador Porrata Doria, Francisco L. (1890 - 1971) - Diseñador
Historical Background	Ecclesiastical Architecture in Puerto Rico: Catholic Church Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Churches (buildings) Cornices Neoclassical Semicircular arches Interior spaces (spaces by location) Pendants (lighting fixtures) Arcades (structural assemblies) Columns (architectural elements) Deacons benches Moldings (object components) Stained glass (visual works) Balustrades Stations of the cross Candleholders Quadripartite vaults Altars (religious fixtures) Statues Retables (altar appendage) Tables (support furniture)
Decolonial Subject	Coloniality of Being Colonialism Christianity Eurocentrism Religious Fundamentalism Hispanism Imperialism Nationalism
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image