Architecture

Candelária Church, dome

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Igreja da Candelária [Portuguese]
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Candelária [Portuguese]
Candelária Church, dome

Architecture

architectural element(s)
dome
artist(s)
João Zeferino da Costa

Architecture: Candelária Church

full name / alternative name
Church of Our Lady of Candelária
built
1609–1877
culture
Portuguese, Brazilian
style/period
Baroque, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival
work type by function
Roman Catholic church
work type form/concept
Latin cross
material
granite, marble
technique
bearing walls
architect(s)
Francisco João Roscio, Gustav Wähneldt, Francisco Joaquim Béthencourt da Silva, Daniel Pedro Ferro Cardoso

Specifications

Specifications: Candelária Church

number cupolas
1
number spires
2

Geography

America » Latin America » South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro (State) » Rio de Janeiro » Center and Old Town » Centro
local language location name
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [Portuguese]

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,470 × 3,754  pixel
46.3 × 31.8 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
perspective control, colour corrected
copyrights
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