World Heritage Identification Number: 1612
World Heritage since: 2021
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇺🇾 Uruguay
Continent: Americas
UNESCO World Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
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A Modernist Masterpiece: The Church of Atlántida by Engineer Eladio Dieste
The Church of Atlántida, located in Estación Atlántida approximately 45 kilometers from Montevideo, Uruguay, stands as a testament to the innovative spirit and architectural prowess of engineer Eladio Dieste. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, this modernist church complex showcases Dieste's unique application of exposed and reinforced brick, drawing inspiration from Italian paleo-Christian and medieval religious architecture.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The Church of Atlántida with its belfry and underground baptistery is located in Estación Atlántida, 45 km away from Montevideo. Inspired by Italian paleo-Christian and medieval religious architecture, the modernistic Church complex, inaugurated in 1960, represents a novel utilization of exposed and reinforced brick. Built on rectangular plan of one single hall, the church features distinctive undulating walls supporting a similarly undulating roof, composed of a sequence of reinforced brick Gaussian vaults developed by Eladio Dieste (1917-2000). The cylindrical bell-tower, built in openwork exposed brick masonry, rises from the ground to the right of the main church facade, while the underground baptistery is located on the left side of the parvis, accessible from a triangular prismatic entrance and illuminated via a central oculus. The Church provides an eminent example of the remarkable formal and spatial achievements of modern architecture in Latin America during the second part of the 20th century, embodying the search for social equality with a spare use of resources, meeting structural imperatives to great aesthetic effect.
Encyclopedia Record: Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes
The Church of Christ the Worker and Our Lady of Lourdes, also known simply as Iglesia de Estación Atlántida, is a Roman Catholic parish church and a World Heritage Site in Estación Atlántida, Uruguay.Additional Site Details
Area: 0.56 hectares
Coordinates: -34.7439194444 , -55.7664083333
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