Temple of the Americas

The Temple of the Americas is a jewel of Spanish Christianity. This temple was given the name of Sanctuary Jesus Christ Evangelizer by the priests of the time. It is currently located in the municipality of Isabela in the Puerto Plata province. Makes this beautiful place back in time and learn about heritage Christian era by believers. This temple is a place full of history and a fascinating journey through time.

As every year this is the place where a mass is celebrated to commemorate Christianity by believers.

History

On the second trip of the Spaniards to America, commanded by the Admiral Don Cristóbal Colón, it founded the first city of the new world called the Isabela, in the year 1493. This name is you gave in honour to Isabel the Catholic, Queen of Spain, who gave him facilities for his explorations. The first city founded by the Spanish in the new world could not miss a sacred Temple, is for this reason that was built the Temple of the Americas, which is known as the first Church in the new world.

In the temple the Americas held the first mass in the new world, officiated by Fray Bernardo Boyl, in company of 12 priests, the 6 in January of 1494. It was then that they planted the seed of the evangelization of America. After the completion of the uprising of the city on the banks of the Bajabonico river. Here 5 days later the first mass of the americas in the New World was celebrated.Today day ago more than 500 years which is officiated the first religious ceremony in the country.

Reconstruction

Already not is the Church original of the village, but devoted to the Catholicism in the 1994 would help to build the beautiful temple of the Americas, in commemoration of the 500 years of the first mass in the new world. In this church, to where is reached by a short trail, stand out the stained glass of the famed artist Dominican Jose Rincon Mora. Is a treasure historic national, This beautiful colonial-style church, It has a mix of whitewashed stone and brick.

In its inside the temple the America, built with stones and bricks, There are very beautiful religious images, of Jesus and the Virgin, in paintings and sculptures of colorful. The Cardinal of Munich donated stained glass windows, a design of Lincoln Mora, The Way of the Cross was made by the American painter Joseph Toley.Surrounds it a garden with leafy trees and perfectly placed banks, so that the visitor is resting. Annually, thousands of tourists, visit this community.

The population of la Isabela, facing the Atlantic, is to two kilometers from the city original.

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