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Vista de Novo Hamburgo (49741951483)
Vista de Novo Hamburgo (49741951483)

Novo Hamburgo (Portuguese for New Hamburg, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnovu ɐ̃buʁˈgu]; German: Neu-Hamburg) is a municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, the state capital. As of 2020, its population was 247,032. The city covers an area of 217 km2 (84 sq mi), and the average temperature is 19 °C (66 °F), which is mild for the region. The Sinos River runs through the urban area. Consolidated by German immigrants, the city was named after Hamburg, Germany. Novo Hamburgo's population is still predominantly of German descent. In the 1980s, Novo Hamburgo received the nickname of "the national capital of shoes", attracting many athletes, tracks and companies connected to the sport. Nowadays, the city is the industrial centre of the Sinos River Valley, the economy of which is based mainly on the manufacture of shoes and the associated leather goods supply chain.

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Novo Hamburgo
Avenida Pedro Adams Filho, Novo Hamburgo Guarani (Novo Hamburgo)

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Avenida Pedro Adams Filho 6155
93520-627 Novo Hamburgo, Guarani (Novo Hamburgo)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Gonzaga
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Gonzaga

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Gonzaga is the main church in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul.The foundation of the future Church was started on January 7, 1924, after purchasing land with 9.650m ², where it is today the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Gonzaga. The new church was planned to be built with three naves, and average lengths of 25m by 18m wide by Architect Jose Lutzenberger, and the works were sponsored by the Construction Breidenbach Mosmann & Cia. On June 6, 1952, Archbishop Dom Vicente Scherer, Porto Alegre, gave the blessing the new Matrix. It was covered part of the building in July 1953. On March 21, 1954, inaugurated a part of the Matrix and the next day the chapel was demolished in 1924 (his material was sent to build a parish in the district Rondônia, called Lady. Of Thanks). In 1956 it was destroyed the dividing wall and placed the majestic scale of the new Temple. In the same year was installed tubular organ "Bohn" (currently valued at U.S. $133,000). In 1959 was contracted Italian painter Aldo Locatelli to make the sacred paintings of São Luiz Gonzaga, patron of St. Louis Parish and that today one can see in the presbytery of this church. With the creation of the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo on March 30, 1980, was elevated to Cathedral São Luiz Gonzaga. The cathedral was consecrated only on October 12, 1991. It became Cathedral Dedicated and from this date earned the title of Cathedral Basilica St. Louis Gonzaga. Between 1994 and 1995 a major restoration was done with external lighting towers and side (78 Installed spotlights sodium).