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The
Cathedral
of
Our
Lady
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
is
a
Roman
Catholic
cathedral
in
downtown
Maputo,
the
capital
of
Mozambique.
The
cathedral
is
located
on
Praça
da
Independência
next
to
Hotel
Rovuma
and
Maputo
City
Hall.
It
is
dedicated
to
Our
Lady
of
the
Immaculate
Conception.
The
foundation
stone
for
the
construction
of
the
church
was
laid
on
June
28,
1936,
and
is
located
inside
the
narthex
and
inscribed
by
the
Bishop
of
Mozambique
and
Cape
Verde,
D.
Rafael
Maria
da
Asunção.
Construction
on
the
cathedral
was
completed
in
1944.
The
cathedral
was
designed
by
the
Portuguese
civil
engineer
Marcial
Simões
de
Freitas
e
Costa,
then
a
railway
director.
He
designed
the
church
pro
bono
for
the
Archdiocese
of
Lourenço
Marques.
Freitas
was
inspired
by
the
simple
style
and
building
materials
of
church
construction
in
Europe
of
the
time;
the
cathedral
was
ultimately
built
of
concrete
and
cement.
He
was
inspired
to
buildings
such
as
the
Notre-Dame
du
Raincy
in
Le
Raincy
by
Auguste
Perret
and
Igreja
de
Nossa
Senhora
de
Fátima
in
Lisbon,
built
by
Pardal
Monteiro.
The
simplicity
and
the
choice
of
new
materials
was
also
a
result
of
financial
problems
of
the
period.
