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A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, or the Spanish Main, in South-America, During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 Volume 3; Containing a Description of the Territory Under the Jurisdiction of the Captain-General of Caraccas, Composed

A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, or the Spanish Main, in South-America, During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 Volume 3; Containing a Description of the Territory Under the Jurisdiction of the Captain-General of Caraccas, Composed


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 Excerpt: ... Churches and Convents. In Caraccas there are five parish churches; the Cathedral, St. Rosalie, St. Paul, la Candelaria, or Candlemas, and Alta Gracia; three monasteries of friars; the Franciscans or Cordeliers, the Dominicans, and those of la Mercy; one house of preachers; one hospital of Capuchins; two nunneries, one of the Conception, the other of the Carmelites; one house of Educandas, or for the education of young women; three churches; St. Maurice, the Trinity, and le Divina Pastora, which the Spaniards call Ermitas, literally hermitages, because they are not parish churches, and belong neither to convents, nor to hospitals. These sorts of places of worship, always owe their existence and support to the pious liberality of the faithful in the quarters where they are placed. Each of them has a fraternity which regulates the expenditures and ceremonies, and collects the alms. To each are attached an almoner, and many assistant priest6. There are two hospitals, one appropriated to men, the other to women; lastly, there is a hospital for lepers, and a church in the gift of the academy. The churches of Caraccas, are in general well built. That which surpasses all the others is the parochial church of Alta Gracia; whose structure would do honour to the first cities in France, The right that virtue and decency has to public esteem, and admiration, renders it a duty in me to make known, that the free men of colour in the vicinage f this church, have, with the aid of a few centribu tions from the whites, constructed and adorned it at their own expense. That of Candelaria owes its erection and solidity to the Islanders of the Canaries, resident in that quarter. After these two churches, architecture requires that I mention those of three convents of friars, whi...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781154249637
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154249638
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 136 gr


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