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• shaloom yave

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-11-11

  The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Mongomo is a large Catholic basilica, built in the province of Mongomo, in the African country of Equatorial Guinea.​ The temple is also currently the new seat of the bishop's chair of the Diocese of Mongomo “cathedral” because of its large size, which is why its current name is cathedral basilica “ the Immaculate Conception. The Mongomo Basilica is currently the largest religious building in Central Africa and the second largest Catholic church in all of Africa, after the Our Lady of Peace Basilica in Yamoussoukro, in Ivory Coast. Construction of the basilica began in 2006 and was consecrated on December 7, 2011 by Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, representing Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Arinze was accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio for Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon, Piero Pioppo, several bishops and more than two hundred priests. During the ceremony, the decree was read by which the Holy See granted this church the dignity of a minor basilica. The construction of the basilica was financed by the Equatoguinean state and erected by the Italian company Makinen Venture. Another Italian company, Ruffini Decorazioni, took care of the interiors and finishes. The basilica has the capacity to accommodate a thousand worshipers and as its name suggests, it is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, patroness of Equatorial Guinea. Inside the basilica, a replica of the Esperanza Macarena brought from Seville in Spain is venerated, the work of the Sevillian image maker Mr. José Antonio Bravo García. Source Wikipedia

• Lupercio Avele

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-08-02

  An incredible place with Gothic architecture, it is the largest cathedral in all of central Africa🤞🏾

• Laurenobiangasumu Obiangasumu

  5

  Reviewed: 2019-09-28

  Why is it a good place

• Kelly Adriana

  5

  Reviewed: 2019-02-18

  I like it a lot

• M. Dolores Iglesias Fernandez

  5

  Reviewed: 2015-12-28

  It is a great place, where you can breathe peace on all four sides, I loved decorating it with EL JARDIN DE SABUGO