Former Cathedral of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá | |
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Former Cathedral of Cuiabá | |
Antiga Catedral do Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá | |
15°36′40″S 56°06′12″W / 15.611°S 56.1034°W | |
Location | Cuiabá |
Country | Brazil |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Founded | 1 January 1723 |
Founder(s) | Captain-General Jacinto Barbosa Lopes |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Demolished |
Groundbreaking | 1722 |
Specifications | |
Number of spires | 2 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | (formerly) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
The Former Cathedral of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá (Portuguese: Antiga Catedral do Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá) was an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. It was demolished in 1968 and replaced by the [1][2]
The church was dedicated to Our Lady of Help and belonged to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
Location
edit- reword this entire thing: The Church of Our Lady of Good Delivery is located at the top of Morro do Seminário, the highest point in the Historic Center of Cuiabá. Churches were placed on the highest points of settlements in colonial Brazil. The historic settlement of Cuiabá had three highest points: the Parish Church (Matriz) and center of power at the city was at the highest; followed by the Church of Our Lady of Good Delivery and the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary on the other two high points. They formed what become known as a "religious triangle" in Cuiabá.[3]***
Timeline
edit- 1722 – First church of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá built in 1722 of palha by Captain-General Jacinto Barbosa Lopes [4]
- 1723 – January 1. Elevation of Cuiabá to level of vila and celebrated with procession to new church [4]
- 1739 – Second church Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá built to replace plaha structure with taipa, which soon collapsed [4]
- 1740 – Third church and final Church of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá built under Vicar João Caetano Leite with "alms of 12 twenty cents" (esmola de doze vintens) [4]
- 1770 – Construction of two towers[4]
- 1785 – Alterpiece gilding by Henrique Joaquim da Veiga Valle[4]
- 1968 – Cathedral demolished for construction of modern structure[5]
History
editCuiabá initially had two streets that ran parallel to the Córrego da Prainha, a small tributary of the Cuiabá River. The Rua de Cima was the upper street, and Rua de Baixo, the lower.[1]
The old cathedral of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá was built in 1722, by
Captain-General Jacinto Barbosa Lopes built the former Cathedral of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá in 1722. [It was a cr, and was originally built on a crude ranch covered with straw. This initial construction was replaced by the construction of a temple in 1739 which soon collapsed and was replaced by another one in 1740. Since then, the building has undergone several changes in its architecture until it was demolished in 1968, for the construction of a new cathedral in the same location.]
Demolition
editThe cathedral was demolished in 1968 under the pretext that it was structurally unsound. The decision was widely criticized. Etzel points out that it took "numerous loads of dynamite" to demolish the structure, questioning its lack of structural integrity.[4]
The dynamiting of the old Matriz scored a sign of strength, due to the symbolic content that expressed the tensions between the old and the new, the provincial and the metropolitan, the conservatism and the progressive, the traditional and the modern that antagonized Cuiabá society.
Structure
editExterior
editClocks were placed on both spires of the Cathedral. The first tower was added to the Cathedral in 1771, and included a clock. A second clock was donated in 1842 by José Antonio Soares, a businessman in Cuiabá. The second tower was added in 1929, and featured a clock manufactured in 1909. It was made by the Vitaliano Michelini family, who went on to produce clocks for the tower of the Luz Station and Mappin Department Store in São Paulo.[7]
Interior
editThe Cathedral held a rich collection of altars, imagery, paintings, furniture, lamps, and other liturgical objects. Its rich, baroque-style interior wood gilding is seen in documentary photographs. Some were salvaged and are known from the collection of the Museum of Sacred Art. They include:
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- A monumental wood gilded Paschal candlestick (18th century, 1.4 metres (4.6 ft))[7]
- An iron trevolated cross (1.4 metres (4.6 ft)).[8]
- A gilded, wood statue of Saint Joseph (São José de Botas) (18th century, 66 centimetres (26 in)).[9]
- A pair of plaster angel torch chandeliers, one in blue and one in pink (19th century, 100 centimetres (39 in)).[10]
- A metallic ampule (19th century, 27 centimetres (11 in))[11]
- A metallic paten (20th century, 16 centimetres (6.3 in)).[12]
- A metallic, gilded ampule (19th century, 27 centimetres (11 in))[13]
- A small, polychrome gilded wood torch candlestick (17th century, 65 centimetres (26 in))[14]
- A processional torch lantern (19th century, 149 centimetres (59 in))[14]
- 3 baroque altarpiece crownings, wood carving with polychromatic painting (17th century, 1.8 centimetres (0.71 in), 1.8 centimetres (0.71 in), 14 centimetres (5.5 in))
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Remains
editNumerous elements of the former Cathedral were relocated at the Sacred Art Museum of Mato Grosso and other properties of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá. The Museum preserves the imaginary, altars, and liturgical objects, and 1909 belltower clock. The museum additionally holds documents of the old Cathedral, including drawings and photographs. The 1842 belltower clock of Bishop Dom José Antonio dos Reis was placed in a prominent position on the side base of the bell tower of the Church of Saint Gonçalo in the nearby Prainha neighborhood, and is visible from many points in the city.[16]
Footnote
edit- A.^ In Portuguese: "A dinamitação da velha Matriz ganhou força de signo, pelo conteúdo simbólico expresso nas tensões entre o velho e o novo, o provinciano e o metropolitano, o conservantismo e o progressista, o tradicional e o moderno que antagonizavam a sociedade cuiabana."
References
edit- ^ a b Araujo, Renata Malcher de (2012). "Cuiabá". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Rubens de Mendonça; Rubens de Mendonça (1969), Ruas de Cuiabá (in Portuguese), Goiânia: Editora Cinco de Março, OCLC 253524035, Wikidata Q122840196
- ^ Leilla Borges de Lacerda; Nauk Maria de Jesus (2008). Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário e Capela de São Benedito: um diálogo entre a história e a arquitetura (in Portuguese). Cuiabá: Entrelinhas. p. 78. ISBN 978-85-87226-78-5. OL 24004012M. Wikidata Q123763283.
- ^ a b c d e f g Eduardo Etzel (1974), O barroco no Brasil: psicologia--remanescentes em São Paulo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Melhoramentos, p. 231, OCLC 1215871, Wikidata Q123763148
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Júlio de Lamonica Freire (1997). Por uma poética popular da arquitetura (in Portuguese). Cuiabá: Editora da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. ISBN 978-85-327-0055-1. OCLC 37844161. OL 318972M. Wikidata Q123852855.
- ^ a b "Relógio/Sino da Torre" (in Portuguese). Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Tocheiro do Círio Pascal/Torch of Círio Pascal" (in Portuguese). Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Imaginária de São José de Botas". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Candelabros do Anjo Azul e do Anjo Rosa/Blue Angel and Pink Angel chandelier". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Ambula/Ampule". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Patena/Paten". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Ambula Dourada/Golden Ampule". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ a b "Ambula Dourada/Golden Ampule". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ a b c "Instrumento musical". Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Você sabia? [Antiga catedral do Senhor Bom Jesus de Cuiabá]" (in Portuguese). Cuiabá: Museu de Arte Sacra de Mato Grosso. 2020. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
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