Candelaria Church in Moron, Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Catholic Church of Morón. Located north of the city of Morón, it represents one of the most representative heritage symbols of this city's architecture.
Historical background
In the year 1763 , a hermitage that was the first religious temple of Morón was made, was of rustic construction of wood and straw (guano cana), in the place known as the Old Site. In the year 1775 , said hermitage was transferred by arrangement of the clergy, for a slightly wider Church, which was lined with guano board and roof, which had as dimensions: 8 rods long, 5 rods and 3 quarts of wide and 4 rods and half high. This work was manufactured by Mr. José Antonio Companioni, along with neighbors who helped her, on the land where the Martyrs Monument is located, in the Agramonte Park , land that said man donated.
The bell tower was built about 12 yards from the Church, where the current one is today. It was made up of 8 vertical jiqui horcones, 2 in each corner of the square it formed and 12 horizontal pieces of pecan wood to form the 3 floors it had, with a height of 36 feet. The bell tower was devoid of a roof. To climb from one floor to another he had a hard and sturdy ladder, on his last floor he had 2 bells.
In 1852 , by the Royal Certificate it was elevated to the category of Parish. On February 16, 1855 , the illustrious bishop Dr. Don Francisco Félix Fleix y Solans arrived in Pastoral on a Pastoral visit, appointing Don Antonio José López as the first pastor, who decreed a meeting made up of the coadjutor pastor José Julián Cegarra, as Secretary and vowels Don José Guillermo Pardo, Don Macario Machado Alfonso, Don Rafael Cañizares and Don Manuel Rodríguez Gómez, this board had to work for the construction of a masonry and tile house for the Catholic Temple.
The construction of the Church began on March 24 , 1861 , the first stone being laid that day. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1863, celebrating such an event with a sumptuous party attended by countless people from neighboring Parties and the city of Camaguey .
Historical evolution
At the beginning of the Ten Years War, it was occupied for the headquarters of the Spanish troops, which enabled it with loopholes as a fortification of defense until 1872, which was handed over to the parish priest Martin Velázquez, who ordered it to be repaired and repainted the lord. Ramón Lara master mason of the city of Sancti Spíritus .
In the War of Independence developed in Cuba it was occupied again by the Spanish troops. In 1898 , in order to be able to communicate the Spanish garrison of Morón with Turiguanó and Ciego de Ávila , the Engineer Commander Lord Gago, destroyed the dome of the Church tower and on the bell tower raised a tower with battlements and in the cusp placed a heliograph apparatus to communicate with the other troops since the church was in the Trocha de Júcaro to Morón , and was the only high place in the city. The church is preserved in that way, this being the only crenellated tower of all the churches in the country.
In February 1904 a group of people who constituted the Dramatic Association of Morón met that their first agreement was to initiate literary lyrical functions, to collect funds for a public clock which was installed in the church tower by Mr. José Rodríguez Castrillón, assisted by Mr. Fidel Rodríguez González. Its inauguration took place on June 14, 1911 .
In February 1917 , when the civil war of the Chambelona the Church was occupied as a barracks by the militiamen who organized themselves in this population. At the end of the year 1932 and beginning the year 1933 , the Church building was expanded by adding 11 meters and 50 cm, when the extension was made, an urn was built for the Virgen de la Candelaria in the center and an urn on the sides For two more saints. A Spanish painter made the religious paintings, all lined with a few concrete rounds, the other altars were also fixed.
In 1965 the main altar was reformed by placing a crucified Christ in the center and the urn of the Virgen de la Candelaria on the right side. The altar table that was previously attached to the wall moved forward allowing the priest to officiate behind the altar.
Candelaria Church in Moron, Ciego de Avila, Cuba
Catholic Church of Morón. Located north of the city of Morón, it represents one of the most representative heritage symbols of this city's architecture.
Historical background
In the year 1763 , a hermitage that was the first religious temple of Morón was made, was of rustic construction of wood and straw (guano cana), in the place known as the Old Site. In the year 1775 , said hermitage was transferred by arrangement of the clergy, for a slightly wider Church, which was lined with guano board and roof, which had as dimensions: 8 rods long, 5 rods and 3 quarts of wide and 4 rods and half high. This work was manufactured by Mr. José Antonio Companioni, along with neighbors who helped her, on the land where the Martyrs Monument is located, in the Agramonte Park , land that said man donated.
The bell tower was built about 12 yards from the Church, where the current one is today. It was made up of 8 vertical jiqui horcones, 2 in each corner of the square it formed and 12 horizontal pieces of pecan wood to form the 3 floors it had, with a height of 36 feet. The bell tower was devoid of a roof. To climb from one floor to another he had a hard and sturdy ladder, on his last floor he had 2 bells.
In 1852 , by the Royal Certificate it was elevated to the category of Parish. On February 16, 1855 , the illustrious bishop Dr. Don Francisco Félix Fleix y Solans arrived in Pastoral on a Pastoral visit, appointing Don Antonio José López as the first pastor, who decreed a meeting made up of the coadjutor pastor José Julián Cegarra, as Secretary and vowels Don José Guillermo Pardo, Don Macario Machado Alfonso, Don Rafael Cañizares and Don Manuel Rodríguez Gómez, this board had to work for the construction of a masonry and tile house for the Catholic Temple.
The construction of the Church began on March 24 , 1861 , the first stone being laid that day. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1863, celebrating such an event with a sumptuous party attended by countless people from neighboring Parties and the city of Camaguey .
Historical evolution
At the beginning of the Ten Years War, it was occupied for the headquarters of the Spanish troops, which enabled it with loopholes as a fortification of defense until 1872, which was handed over to the parish priest Martin Velázquez, who ordered it to be repaired and repainted the lord. Ramón Lara master mason of the city of Sancti Spíritus .
In the War of Independence developed in Cuba it was occupied again by the Spanish troops. In 1898 , in order to be able to communicate the Spanish garrison of Morón with Turiguanó and Ciego de Ávila , the Engineer Commander Lord Gago, destroyed the dome of the Church tower and on the bell tower raised a tower with battlements and in the cusp placed a heliograph apparatus to communicate with the other troops since the church was in the Trocha de Júcaro to Morón , and was the only high place in the city. The church is preserved in that way, this being the only crenellated tower of all the churches in the country.
In February 1904 a group of people who constituted the Dramatic Association of Morón met that their first agreement was to initiate literary lyrical functions, to collect funds for a public clock which was installed in the church tower by Mr. José Rodríguez Castrillón, assisted by Mr. Fidel Rodríguez González. Its inauguration took place on June 14, 1911 .
In February 1917 , when the civil war of the Chambelona the Church was occupied as a barracks by the militiamen who organized themselves in this population. At the end of the year 1932 and beginning the year 1933 , the Church building was expanded by adding 11 meters and 50 cm, when the extension was made, an urn was built for the Virgen de la Candelaria in the center and an urn on the sides For two more saints. A Spanish painter made the religious paintings, all lined with a few concrete rounds, the other altars were also fixed.
In 1965 the main altar was reformed by placing a crucified Christ in the center and the urn of the Virgen de la Candelaria on the right side. The altar table that was previously attached to the wall moved forward allowing the priest to officiate behind the altar.