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Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento

The Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento is a Catholic church dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament, located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Of neo Gothic style and is considered the greatest work of its kind in Mexico. Its construction began on August 15, 1897 and ended 75 years later in 1972.

History

The idea of ​​building a temple dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament in the city of Guadalajara began in the late 19th century. When a congregation of catholics formed a committee to make this temple. So the archbishop of the city, Pedro Loza y Pardavé, together with the commission organized a competition among some architects and engineers to select the project of the temple.

The project selected was of the architect Adamo Boari, a famous Italian architect brought by then-President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz that after work in the projects of the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Palacio del Correo Mayor in the City of Mexico.

The construction began with a ceremony hosted by Archbishop Pedro Loza y Pardavé and Pedro Romero. So the first stone was laid on August 15, 1897, and for 1911, the interior columns and numbers to match to the capitals were already finished. The charge of the works were Pedro Romero and the foreman Feliciano Arías, who was succeeded by his son Jerónimo Arías after his death. The works was suspended during the Revolution because of religious perseución, lack of guarantees and economic crisis facing the country due to the conflict.

In February 1924, died Pedro Romero and ordered it to complete the temple the priest José Garibi Rivera and he immediately asked Eng. Luis Ugarte assisting him in the work. Everything went from strength to strength and the January 6, 1927 touched him the opportunity to continue the building of the temple to Arc. Ignacio Díaz Morales until its completion in 1972. The Paschal Lamb, the ship east to San Tarcisio and the other at St. Pius X, they were designed by the painter and expert on the Vatican Museums Bencivenga Francisco who also oversaw the placement of them.

The church clock was imported from Germany, has four lighted dials with a carillon of 25 bells playing 25 pieces both religious and popular music, some of these are: Ave Maria, National Anthem, Las Mañanitas, Guadalajara, Adios Mariquita Linda, Las Golondrinas, Mexico Lindo y Querido, the March of Zacatecas, etc. This chime can also be played from a keyboard in the choir. The cost of the clock was about 450 thousand pesos, and was installed by German technicians. At the sound of a musical piece accompanying the pilgrimage of the figures of the twelve apostles originally set at 9 am, 12 pm and 6 pm.

The church

The church is made mostly of stone carved as it did in the Middle Ages. The huge windows were executed by Jaques and Gerard Degusseau of Orleans, France, according to cartons of the artist and painter Maurice Rocher of Paris.

The doors are made of blackwood, made by Jesús Gómez Velazco and bronze figures embedded in these were made by Benito Castañeda, the three eardrums of the front of the church are of Italian mosaics made in the Mosaic factory of the Vatican and represent the of central nave: The Paschal Lamb, the of east nave to San Tarcisio and the other at St. Pius X, these were designed by the painter and expert on the Museums of the Vatican Francisco Bencivenga who also oversaw the placement of themselves.

The church clock was imported from Germany, has four dials illuminated with a carillon of 25 bells playing 25 musical pieces, both religious and popular music, some of these are: Ave María, Himno Nacional, Las Mañanitas, Guadalajara, Adiós Mariquita Linda, Las Golondrinas, México Lindo y Querido, la Marcha de Zacatecas, etc. This carillon can also be played from a keyboard in the choir. The cost of the clock was about 450 thousand pesos, and was installed by German technicians. At the sound of a musical piece accompanying the Pilgrimage of the figures of the twelve apostles that originally set at 9 am, 12 pm and 6 pm.