San Luis Potosí Cathedral

The St. Louis the King Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey) Also San Luis Potosí Cathedral[2] Is a Catholic cathedral that functions as the seat of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosí in Mexico.[3] It is located in the historic center of the state capital, on the eastern side of the main square. The building we currently know was built in 1670 and was completed in 1730. It is a cathedral from 1854. It is dedicated to St. Louis King of France.

St. Louis the King Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey
LocationSan Luis Potosí
Country Mexico
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It has a Baroque façade designed as a screen, similar to the one of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, has three bodies.

The main altar is composed of a large cypress made of masonry, of two bodies. In the first one is St. Louis King of France, the second shelters the image of Our Lady of the Expectation.

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Mexico
  • St. Louis the King

References
  1. Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Louis the King
  2. Catedral de San Luis Potosí: historia, bienes artísticos y restauración : investigación documental e iconográfica (in Spanish). Arquidiócesis de San Luis Potosí. 2006-01-01.
  3. El centro histórico de la ciudad de San Luis Potosí y la obra del ingeniero Octaviano Cabrera Hernández (in Spanish). UASLP. 2000-01-01. ISBN 9789687674810.
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