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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción) also called The Cathedral of La Vega, it is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the city of La Vega, [2] Dominican Republic. [3] It is the cathedral of the Diocese of La Vega and one of the most important shrines of the Dominican Republic ...
The city of La Concepción de la Vega was founded as a fortress by Christopher Columbus in 1495. The city was built up around the fortress and the gold mine of Pueblo Viejo, as the extraction of precious metals was the main objective of Columbus' missions to the new world. [2]
The Institute of Health for Welfare (Spanish: Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar, INSABI) was a government agency of Mexico that provided medical services to those people who were not covered by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) or the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE).
La Vega, a city in the central Dominican Republic, was founded in 1495 by Batholomew Columbus at the foot of a fortress built by Christopher Columbus in 1494, which intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement called Concepción de la Vega gradually grew around the fort. [5]
Province of Santiago de los Caballeros: Metropolitan: Concepción de La Vega: Statistics; Area: 4,919 km 2 (1,899 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004) 880,254 610,881 (69.4%) Parishes: 60: Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Latin Rite: Established: 25 September 1953 (71 years ago) Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate ...
The Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de Vega Alta (English: Church of the Immaculate Conception of Vega Alta) is a church built by 1831 on the town plaza of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. [2] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the "Church Inmaculada Conception of Vega Alta". [1]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción de la Vega was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean located in Concepción de La Vega. It was established August 8, 1511 and suppressed in 1527 becoming part of the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba .
Concepción (Spanish pronunciation: [konseβˈsjon] ⓘ; originally: Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz, "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan area, one of the three major conurbations in the country. [4]