Monserrate Sanctuary

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| building_name = Basilica Sanctuary of the Fallen Lord and Our Lady of Monserrate

| native_name = Basílica Santuario del Señor Caído y Nuestra Señora de Monserrate

| religious_affiliation=Roman Catholic

| image = 2017 Bogotá Basílica del Señor Caído de Monserrate.jpg

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| caption = Monserrate Sanctuary.

| location = Bogotá, Colombia

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| district = Archdiocese of Bogotá

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| status =Minor basilica

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| website = https://monserrate.co/

| architect = Fray Domingo Petres

| architecture_type = Church

| architecture_style= Neocolonialism

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| year_completed = 1899

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Monserrate Sanctuary is a Catholic shrine in Bogotá, Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/entries/46307/view/|title=Monserrate sanctuary - Traveler Photo Contest 2011|last=Gaviria|first=Ricardo|work=National Geographic Society|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411103608/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/entries/46307/view/|url-status=dead|archivedate=11 April 2013}} The sanctuary was built between 1650 and 1657 and is {{convert|3152|m}} above sea level.{{cite book|last1=LaRosa|first1=Michael J.|last2=Mejía|first2=Germán R.|title=Colombia: A Concise Contemporary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsFETT--4zoC&pg=PT236|accessdate=21 February 2013|date=2012-04-05|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781442209374|page=236}}

See also

  • Guadalupe Hill, another prominent hill above Bogotá, on top of which is a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Monserrate, the mountain on which the church is located

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