Casino Saint Francois D'assise
See Tripadvisor's Guadeloupe/Saint Francois hotel deals and special prices on 30+ hotels all in one spot. Find the perfect hotel within your budget with reviews from real travelers. Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone; Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Franciscus Assisiensis; 1181 or 1182 – 3 October 1226), venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint.
Top Saint Francois Casinos: See reviews and photos of casinos in Saint Francois, Guadeloupe on Tripadvisor. Superbe film sur Saint Francois d'Assise. Hopital Saint-Francois D'Assise is located in Vieux-Limoilou. You can easily spend a leisurely day seeing the sights and exploring what this neighborhood has to offer. If you want to find things to do in the area, you might like to visit Videotron Centre and Quebec City Town Hall.
| St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral Spanish Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| Catedral de San Francisco de Asís Cathédrale de Saint François d'Assise | |
| Location | Laayoune (El Aaiún) |
| Country | Western Sahara Disputed by SADR Morocco |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| History | |
| Status | cathedral |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | church |
The St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de San Francisco de Asís de El Aaiún; French: Cathédrale de Saint François d'Assise) or just Spanish Cathedral, is a Roman Catholicchurch that serves as the cathedral church of the apostolic prefecture of Western Sahara (Praefectura Apostolica de Sahara Occidentali). It is located in the city of Laayoune (El Aaiún),[2]Western Sahara,[3] a territory that is in dispute between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
The church was built in 1954, during the Spanish colonial presence in Spanish Sahara with the design of architect Diego Méndez, author of the project of 'Valley of the Fallen' in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain. Today, the cathedral is in the charge of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and serves the small Spanish community in the city that is still present, as well as serving active personnel of the UN mission in the country.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Spanish Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in El-Aaiún
- ^Lendínez, Tomás de la Torre. 'Misas desiertas en el Sahara Occidental'. InfoCatólica. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ^'Lo que queda de España en el Sahara: la Iglesia, el Casino y el Colegio'. abc (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-09.
