Mérida Cathedral

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Roman Catholic cathedral church building landmark

Mérida Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Mérida, Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest cathedrals on the American continent and a prominent example of colonial Spanish architecture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Catedral de Mérida 3
Cathedral of Mérida 2
Mérida Cathedral canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Catedral de Mérida

Catedral de San Ildefonso ⓘ
Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Mérida
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Renaissance architecture ⓘ
Spanish Colonial architecture ⓘ
belongsTo Catholic Church in Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church in Mexico
builtOn site of a former Maya temple ⓘ
centuryCompleted 16th century ⓘ
constructionEnd 1598 ⓘ
constructionStart 1560 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Archdiocese of Yucatán ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán
faces Mérida historic center ⓘ
surface form: Plaza Grande, Mérida
floorPlanType basilica plan ⓘ
foundedUnderRuleOf Philip II of Spain ⓘ
governingBody Archdiocese of Yucatán ⓘ
hasFacade main stone façade facing Plaza Grande ⓘ
hasFeature central nave ⓘ
large wooden crucifix ⓘ
main altar ⓘ
side chapels ⓘ
twin bell towers ⓘ
hasTowerCount 2 ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic monument ⓘ
isOneOf oldest cathedrals in the Americas ⓘ
liturgicalRite Roman Rite ⓘ
locatedIn Mérida historic center ⓘ
surface form: Historic center of Mérida

Mérida ⓘ
surface form: Mérida, Yucatán

Yucatán state ⓘ
surface form: Yucatán
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
region Southeastern Mexico ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
significance important religious center in southeastern Mexico ⓘ
major tourist attraction in Mérida ⓘ
symbol of Spanish colonial presence in Yucatán ⓘ
status cathedral ⓘ
usedFor Catholic liturgy ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mérida → hasReligiousBuilding → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
state of Yucatán → hasCulturalSite → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
subject surface form: Yucatán
this entity surface form: Cathedral of Mérida
Mérida historic center → hasPart → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catedral de Mérida
Mérida historic center → notableBuilding → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catedral de Mérida
Mérida Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathedral of Mérida
Mérida Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catedral de Mérida
Plaza Grande → hasPart → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
Plaza Grande → hasView → Mérida Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mérida Cathedral façade