Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral, Belo Horizonte


The Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral Also Belo Horizonte Cathedral Is a Catholic temple in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the site where today is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Good Voyage was occupied by Catholic buildings. In colonial times, the "king's building" was destroyed for the construction of Belo Horizonte, there was a chapel with adobe walls, which was replaced years later by a larger group.
On December 12, 1897, the Good Voyage church was destroyed, and in 1932, the present church was already built.
Construction began in 1913, and the style chosen was the neo-Gothic style. On February 11, 1921, before the work was finished, the church was transformed into a cathedral of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte. In 1924 it became archbishopric.
The cathedral was consecrated to Our Lady of Good Voyage, because of an image carved in wood, that was the protector of a Portuguese ship called "Our Lady of the Good Journey". This image is in the right side of the altar of the cathedral and its measurement is of little more than two and a half meters of height. The main altar is built with carrara marble.