The Cathedral of San Carlos de Bariloche, “Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi,” is the main Catholic church in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
It is located at the intersection of Almirante O’Connor and Beschtedt streets, surrounded by two plazas with beautiful gardens. On the O’Connor Street sign, we read:
“Designed by architect Alejandro Bustillo. Inaugurated in 1946. Its name honors the image of the Virgin that accompanied Jesuit missionary Nicolás Mascardi in the first evangelizing mission of 1670. A neo-Gothic building in the shape of a Latin cross with its apse facing east. Walls made of local white stone and stained glass windows designed by E. Thomas, depicting themes and figures from local history.”
The Bariloche Cathedral is a memorial of ancient stories, dating back 350 years and evoking an even more distant past: 8000 B.C. Some are beautiful, others not so much — but all are roots planted in this corner of Patagonia.
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